Separation of spouses due to travel and living apart raises HIV risk in tanzanian couples

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 714-720

  Vissers, Debby C J ^a   Voeten, Helene A C M ^a   Urassa, Mark ^b   Isingo, Raphael ^b   Ndege, Milalu ^b   Kumogola, Yusufu ^b   Mwaluko, Gabriel ^c   Zaba, Basia ^d   De Vlas, Sake J ^a   Habbema, J D F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Tanzania Netherlands Support on HIV/AIDS Control (TANESA)   (Tanzania)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; MIGRATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; TANZANIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 54749101574     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181723d93     Document Type: Article

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