Effectiveness of condoms in preventing HIV transmission

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1303-1312

  Pinkerton, Steven D ^a   Abramson, Paul R ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoulli model; Condoms; Effectiveness; HIV prevention; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030947978     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00258-4     Document Type: Article

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