A typology of groups at risk of HIV/STI in a gold mining town in north-western Tanzania

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1739-1749

  Desmond, Nicola ^a   Allen, Caroline F ^b   Clift, Simon ^a   Justine, Butolwa ^a   Mzugu, Joseph ^a   Plummer, Mary L ^a,c   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,c   Ross, David A ^a,c  

^a African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

HIV AIDS risk; Migration; Miners; Sex work; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MINING; POPULATION RISK; PROSTITUTION; RECREATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 15944408379     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.08.027     Document Type: Article

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