Disentangling the complex association between female genital cutting and HIV among Kenyan women

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 815-830

  Maslovskaya, Olga ^a   Brown, James J ^b   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COITUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; COITUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; KENYA; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249100676     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009990150     Document Type: Article

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