Promotion of condom use in a high-risk setting in Nicaragua: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9221, 2000, Pages 2101-2105

  Egger, Matthias ^a   Pauw, Josefina ^b   Lopatatzidis, Athanasios ^a   Medrano, Danilo ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^c   Davey Smith, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Trabajadores para la Educacion   (Nicaragua)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NICARAGUA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0034679238     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02376-X     Document Type: Article

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