A population-based study on alcohol and high-risk sexual behaviors in Botswana

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1940-1948

  Weiser, Sheri D ^a,b,c   Leiter, Karen ^a   Heisler, Michele ^a,d   McFarland, Willi ^b,e   Percy De Korte, Fiona ^a   DeMonner, Sonya M ^a   Tlou, Sheila ^f   Phaladze, Nthabiseng ^f   Iacopino, Vincent ^a,g   Bangsberg, David R ^c  

^a PHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYGAMY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN RELATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33750857018     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030392     Document Type: Article

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