"A bull cannot be contained in a single kraal": Concurrent sexual partnerships in Botswana

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 822-830

  Carter, Marion W ^a   Kraft, Joan Marie ^a   Koppenhaver, Todd ^a,b   Galavotti, Christine ^a   Roels, Thierry H ^a   Kilmarx, Peter H ^a   Fidzani, Boga ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Axiom Resource Management   (United States)

^c National AIDS Coordinating Agency   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Concurrency; HIV prevention; Multiple partnerships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 35348968995     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9203-6     Document Type: Article

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