Variations of HIV and STI prevalences within communities neighbouring new goldmines in Tanzania: Importance for intervention design

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-312

  Clift, Simon ^a,e   Anemona, A ^b,c   Watson Jones, D ^c   Kanga, Z ^a,d   Ndeki, L ^a,d   Changalucha, J ^b   Gavyole, A ^a   Ross, D A ^b,c  

^a African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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

^d Municipal Office of Health   (Tanzania)

^e InterHealth   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GOLD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0042889214     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.4.307     Document Type: Article

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