Gendered epidemiology: Sexual equality and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1134-1144

  Niëns, Laurens ^a   Lowery, David ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70350166760     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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