Concurrent partnerships and sexual risk taking among African and Caribbean migrant populations in the Netherlands

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 245-250

  van Veen, M G ^a   Schaalma, H ^b   van Leeuwen, A P ^c   Prins, M ^d,e   de Zwart, O ^f   van de Laar, M J W ^g   Hospers, H J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service   (United States)

^d Health Service Amsterdam   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Rotterdam Rijnmond Public Health Service   (Netherlands)

^g European Centre for Disease Preventions and Control (ECDC)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

African; Caribbean; Concurrency; HIV; Migrants; Netherlands; Sexual risk behaviour; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 79957735454     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008511     Document Type: Article

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