HIV and sexual behavior among young people: The South African paradox

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 843-844

  Pettifor, Audrey ^a   Macphail, Catherine ^b   Rees, Helen ^b   Cohen, Myron ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MALE; NOTE; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 54449094218     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31818318c0     Document Type: Editorial

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