Gender differentials in the impact of parental death: Adolescent's sexual behaviour and risk of HIV infection in rural South Africa

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-296

  Nyirenda, Makandwe ^a   McGrath, Nuala ^a,b   Newell, Marie Louise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; HIV AIDS; Maternal; Orphanhood; Paternal; Sexual behaviour; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957238662     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 1745013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2010.507804     Document Type: Article

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