The burden of disease attribute to sexually transmitted infections in South Africa in 2000

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 658-662

  Johnson, Leigh ^a   Bradshaw, Debbie ^b   Dorrington, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DISABILITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; ULCUS MOLLE; UNSAFE SEX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38449104396     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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