Exploring the relationship between HIV and alcohol use in a remote Namibian mining community

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-327

  Lightfoot, Elizabeth ^a   Maree, Maretha ^b   Ananias, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Community profiles; HIV AIDS; Mineworkers; Prevention; Risk behaviour; Risk factors; Sexual behaviour; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MINER; MINING; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 73449147675     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.3.8.929     Document Type: Article

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