Women in Chinsapo, Malawi: Vulnerability and risk to HIV/AIDS

Sahara J

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 320-332

  Ghosh, Jayati ^a   Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^b  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Lilongwe; Malawi; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247654918     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2005.9724857     Document Type: Article

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