Research letters: Is long postpartum sexual abstinence a risk factor for HIV?

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1059-1061

  Glynn, Judith R ^a   Buvé, Anne ^b   Caraël, Michel ^c   Macauley, Isaac B ^c   Kahindo, Maina ^c   Musonda, Rosemary M ^c   Zekeng, Léopold ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AMENORRHEA; CAMEROON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; RISK FACTOR; ZAMBIA;

AMENORRHEA; CAMEROON; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0035947691     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200105250-00016     Document Type: Article

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