Circumcision for HIV prevention: Failure to fully account for behavioral risk compensation [4]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 597-598

  Kalichman, Seth ^a   Eaton, Lisa ^a   Pinkerton, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; COMPENSATION; CONDOM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; MALE; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33947679826     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040138     Document Type: Letter

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