Effectiveness of respondent-driven sampling to recruit high risk heterosexual men who have multiple female sexual partners: Differences in HIV prevalence and sexual risk behaviours measured at two time points

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1330-1339

  Townsend, Loraine ^a   Johnston, Lisa G ^b   Flisher, Alan J ^c   Mathews, Catherine ^a,c   Zembe, Yanga ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

High risk heterosexual men; HIV prevalence and risk behaviours; Multiple sexual partnerships; Respondent driven sampling; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952278847     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9753-5     Document Type: Article

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