HIV prevalence, sexual risk behaviour and sexual mixing patterns among migrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1953-1962

  Gras, Mitzi J ^a,b   Weide, Jessica F ^a   Langendam, Miranda W ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^a   Van Den Hoek, Anneke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic groups; Sexual behaviour HIV prevalence; Sexual mixing; Sexual networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMIGRATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032737321     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199910010-00019     Document Type: Article

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