Reported condom use is not associated with incidence of sexually transmitted diseases in Malawi

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Taha, Taha E T ^a   Canner, Joseph K ^a   Chiphangwi, John D ^b   Dallabetta, Gina A ^a,c   Yang, Li Ping ^a   Mtimavalye, Laban A R ^b   Miotti, Paolo G ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Condom; HIV; Prevention; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EID: 0030058523     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199602000-00012     Document Type: Article

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