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. 2016 May 17;2(1):e26.
doi: 10.2196/publichealth.5883.

The Importance of Population Denominators for High-Impact Public Health for Marginalized Populations

David W Purcell  1 , H Irene Hall, Kyle L Bernstein, Thomas L Gift, Eugene McCray, Jonathan Mermin
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The Importance of Population Denominators for High-Impact Public Health for Marginalized Populations

David W Purcell et al. JMIR Public Health Surveill. .
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Keywords: HIV diagnosis; HIV incidence; HIV prevalence; HIV surveillance; demography; gay and bisexual men; men who have sex with men.

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

The findings and conclusions in this manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.

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