Incidence of HIV infection at the time of incident reporting, in victims of sexual assault, between 2000 and 2004, in Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa

African Health Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INCIDENT REPORT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RAPE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33646459231     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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