Changes in male sexual behaviour in response to the AIDS epidemic: Evidence from a cohort study in urban Tanzania

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1415-1420

  Ng'weshemi, Japheth Z L ^a,e   Boerma, J Ties ^a,b   Pool, Robert ^a,b   Barongo, Longin ^c   Senkoro, Kesheni ^c   Maswe, Mary ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^c   Schapink, Dick ^a,b   Nnko, Soori ^c   Borgdorff, Martien W ^d  

^a Tanzania Netherlands Proj S   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e TANESA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Sexual behaviour change; Tanzania; Urban males

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 10144264558     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199610000-00015     Document Type: Article

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