Virginity testing: Managing sexuality in a maturing HIV/AIDS epidemic

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 533-552

  Leclerc Madlala, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV AIDS; South Africa; Virginity

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN;

EID: 0035749155     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2001.15.4.533     Document Type: Article

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