Complementary factors contributing to the rapid spread of HIV-I in sub-Saharan Africa: A review

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-46

  Nyindo, M ^a  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; RAPE; RECREATION; REFUGEE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOLDIER; STARVATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POVERTY; RAPE; RECREATION; REFUGEES; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STARVATION; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 26944468730     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v82i1.9293     Document Type: Review

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