Male circumcision and its relationship to HIV infection in South Africa: Results of a national survey in 2002

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 789-794

  Connolly, Catherine ^a   Simbayi, Leickness C ^b   Shanmugam, Rebecca ^a   Nqeketo, Ayanda ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CIRCUMCISION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANK SUM TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149108922     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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