HIV status and age at first marriage among women in Cameroon

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 743-760

  Adair, Timothy ^a  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CAMEROON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48249145811     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002556     Document Type: Article

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