Effect of changing partnership formation rates on the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and human immunodeficiency virus

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 644-652

  Stigum, Hein ^a   Magnus, Per ^a   Bakketeig, Leiv S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

HIV; models; sex behavior; sexual partners; sexually transmitted diseases; statistical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIASIS; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIGRATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0030900714     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009162     Document Type: Article

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