Sexual risk of HIV infection among expatriates posted in AIDS endemic areas

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1173-1181

  De Graaf, Ron ^a   Van Zessen, Gertjan ^a   Houweling, Hans ^b   Ligthelm, Rob J ^c   Van Den Akker, Ruud ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c Travel Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Expatriate; HIV prevalence; Sexual behaviour; Sexual risk; Travel

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CONDOM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; TRAVEL AND TOURISM; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALITY; SYPHILIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030967370     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199709000-00014     Document Type: Article

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