Concurrency is more complex than it seems

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-315

  Kretzschmar, Mirjam ^a,b   White, Richard G ^c   Caraël, Michel ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Infectious Disease   (United Kingdom)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; COITUS; ECOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MARRIAGE; NOTE; POLYGYNY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 74249096639     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328333eb9d     Document Type: Note

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