Open AccessSocial and Geographic Distance in HIV Risk
Author(s) -
Richard Rothenberg,
Stephen Q. Muth,
Shauna Malone,
John J. Potterat,
Donald E. Woodhouse
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000161191.12026.ca
Subject(s) - social distance , geographical distance , demography , residence , medicine , population , covid-19 , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between social distance (measured as the geodesic, or shortest distance, between 2 people in a connected network) and geographic distance (measured as the actual distance between them in kilometers [km]).