Male circumcision and HIV prevention: Looking to the future

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1203-1206

  Brooks, Ronald A ^a,c   Etzel, Mark ^a   Klosinski, Lee E ^a   Leibowitz, Arleen A ^c   Sawires, Sharif ^a,b   Szekeres, Greg ^a,b   Weston, Mark ^d   Coates, Thomas J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UCLA Center for Community Health ^*

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Implementation; Male circumcision; Operational research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POLICY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; POLICY;

EID: 79952112790     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9523-4     Document Type: Article

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