Association of age at first sex with HIV-1, HSV-2, and other sexual transmitted infections among women in Northern Tanzania

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 570-576

  Ghebremichael, Musie ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b   Paintsil, Elijah ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349327855     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181a866b8     Document Type: Article

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