Sexual risk-taking in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, 1993-98

Population Studies

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 311-323

  Zulu, Eliya Msiyaphazi ^a   Dodoo, F Nii Amoo ^b   Chika Ezeh, Alex ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN POPULATION;

KENYA; NAIROBI;

EID: 0036868483     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720215933     Document Type: Article

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