Measuring sexual behaviour in the era of HIV/AIDS: The experience of Demographic and Health Surveys and similar enquiries

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Curtis, S L ^a,b   Sutherland, E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CARIBBEAN REGION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 10344262879     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011650     Document Type: Conference Paper

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