Intimate partner violence functions as both a risk marker and risk factor for women's HIV infection: Findings from indian husband-wife dyads

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-600

  Decker, Michele R ^a   Seage, George R ^a   Hemenway, David ^a   Raj, Anita ^b   Saggurti, Niranjan ^c   Balaiah, Donta ^d   Silverman, Jay G ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Partner violence; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68449090641     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a255d6     Document Type: Article

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