Focusing strategies of condom use against HIV in different behavioural settings: An evaluation based on a simulation model

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 442-454

  Van Vliet, Carina ^c   Meester, Elisabeth I ^c   Korenromp, Eline L ^a   Singer, Burton ^b   Bakker, Roel ^c   Habbema, J Dik F ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Condoms utilization; Developing countries (source: MeSH); Forecasting methods; HIV infections transmission prevention and control; Men Women; Prostitution; Risk factors; Sex behavior; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MODELING; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CONDOMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0034998132     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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