Is polygamy really benign?

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1791-1792

  Epstein, Helen ^a   Stanton, David ^b  

^a Office of HIV AIDS ^*  (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; CIRCUMCISION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; POLYGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77954326080     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833af848     Document Type: Letter

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