Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS among women of reproductive age in the slums of Delhi and Hyderabad, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 638-642

  Ghosh, Jayati ^a   Wadhwa, Vandana ^b   Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^c  

^a DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraceptive methods; HIV; India; Slums; Vulnerability; Women of reproductive age

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TABOO; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; HYDERABAD; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 59649130302     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.023     Document Type: Article

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