Spread HIV infection in married monogamous women in India

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 2090-2092

  Gangakhedkar, Raman R ^a   Bentley, Margaret E ^b   Divekar, Anand D ^a   Gadkari, Deepak ^a   Mehendale, Sanjay M ^a   Shepherd, Mary E ^b   Bollinger, Robert C ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0031441904     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.23.2090     Document Type: Article

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