Reframing research on sexual behavior and HIV

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 17544382904     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2005.00037.x     Document Type: Review

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