Sexual regimes and sexual networking: The risk of an HIV/AIDS epidemic in Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1103-1116

  Caldwell, Bruce ^a   Pieris, Indrani ^b   Khuda, Barkat ^c   Caldwell, John ^a   Caldwell, Pat ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; HIV AIDS; Sexual behaviour; STDs

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NETWORKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BANGLADESH; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MOSLEM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033007756     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00417-1     Document Type: Article

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