Sexual networks and the transmission of HIV in London

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-83

  Parker, Melissa ^a,b   Ward, Helen ^a   Day, Sophie ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

DISEASE SPREAD; HIV; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; SEXUAL NETWORK;

UK, ENGLAND, LONDON;

EID: 0031597734     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098000637     Document Type: Article

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