Circumcision among adolescent boys in rural northwestern Tanzania

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1054-1061

  Weiss, Helen A ^a   Plummer, Mary L ^a,b,c   Changalucha, John ^c   Mshana, Gerry ^c   Shigongo, Zachayo S ^c   Todd, Jim ^a,b,c   Wight, Daniel ^d   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Ross, David A ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV; Male circumcision; Prevention; Sexually transmitted infections; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVIEW; MOSLEM; PENIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 48349125450     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02107.x     Document Type: Article

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