Systematic review of hormonal contraception and risk of HIV transmission: When to resist meta-analysis

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 545-553

  Stephenson, Judith M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Hormonal contraception; Meta analysis; Transmission risk

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032537168     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199806000-00002     Document Type: Review

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