Going underground and going after women: Trends in sexual risk behaviour among gold miners in South Africa

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-26

  Meekers, Dominique ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; Sexual risk behaviour; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARKETING; MINER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RESOURCES; KNOWLEDGE--MEN; LABOR FORCE--MEN; MEN; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--MEN; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; VIRAL DISEASES;

CONDOMS; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GOLD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MINING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033958849     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001914850     Document Type: Article

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