Sexual behaviour, HIV status, and HIV risk among older South Africans

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 163-172

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,c   Mzolo, Thembile ^a   Tabane, Cily ^a   Zuma, Khangelani ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

50 years and above; Co morbidity; HIV prevalence; HIV risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651235978     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2010.11886376     Document Type: Article

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