Young people's sexual health in South Africa: HIV prevalence and sexual behaviors from a nationally representative household survey

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1525-1534

  Pettifor, Audrey E ^a,b   Rees, Helen V ^a   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^c   Steffenson, Annie E ^d   MacPhail, Catherine ^a   Hlongwa Madikizela, Lindiwe ^a   Vermaak, Kerry ^e   Padian, Nancy S ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b IL   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Development Research Africa   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Evaluation studies; HIV; Sexual behavior; South africa; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

EID: 25844446513     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000183129.16830.06     Document Type: Review

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