Barking up the wrong evidence tree. Comment on lurie & rosenthal, "concurrent partnerships as a driver of the HIV epidemic in sub-saharan Africa? The evidence is limited"

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-33

  Morris, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 77949314447     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9639-6     Document Type: Note

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