Disassortative sexual mixing among migrant populations in the Netherlands: A potential for HIV/STI transmission?

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 683-691

  Van Veen, M G ^a   Kramer, M A ^a   Op De Coul, E L M ^a   Van Leeuwen, A P ^b   De Zwart, O ^c   Van De Laar, M J W ^a,d   Coutinho, R A ^a,e   Prins, M ^e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Medical and Health Service of The Hague   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Health Service Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concurrency; Migrants; Netherlands; Sexual mixing

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURINAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 70449625308     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802511984     Document Type: Article

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