Preventing HIV infection: Turning the tide for young women

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9749, 2010, Pages 1281-1282

  McCoy, Sandra I ^a,c   Watts, Charlotte H ^b   Padian, Nancy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; ADENINE; AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; NAPHTHALENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; PRO 2000; TENOFOVIR;

AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MOTIVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENINE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NAPHTHALENESULFONATES; ORGANOPHOSPHONATES; POLYMERS; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958082323     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61309-8     Document Type: Note

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