Concurrent sexual partnerships among African Americans in the rural south

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-160

  Adimora, Adaora A ^a,b   Schoenbach, Victor J ^b   Martinson, Francis ^a   Donaldson, Kathryn H ^a   Stancil, Tonya R ^a   Fullilove, Robert E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Concurrent Partnerships; Heterosexual Transmission; HIV; Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; DRIVER LICENCE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PARENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1342345289     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(03)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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