Scale-free networks and sexually transmitted diseases: A description of observed patterns of sexual contacts in Britain and Zimbabwe

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Schneeberger, Anne ^a   Nat, Rer ^b   Mercer, Catherine H ^a   Gregson, Simon A J ^a   Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Nyamukapa, Constance A ^a   Anderson, Roy M ^a   Johnson, Anne M ^b   Garnett, Geoff P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 2542440526     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200406000-00012     Document Type: Article

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