The incidence of HIV infection among women using family planning methods in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-84

  Kapiga, Saidi H ^a,c   Lyamuya, Eligius F ^a   Lwihula, George K ^a   Hunter, David J ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Contraceptive methods; Family planning; HIV; Incidence; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases; Tanzania; Women

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANDIDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031962788     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199801000-00009     Document Type: Article

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