Urbanisation, poverty and sexual behaviour: The tale of five African cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 947-957

  Greif, Meredith J ^a   Dodoo, F Nii Amoo ^b,c   Jayaraman, Anuja ^d  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPIDEMICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 79953216693     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010368575     Document Type: Article

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