Age-disparity, sexual connectedness and HIV infection in disadvantaged communities around Cape Town, South Africa: A study protocol

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Delva, Wim ^a,b   Beauclair, Roxanne ^a   Welte, Alex ^a   Vansteelandt, Stijn ^b   Hens, Niel ^c,d   Aerts, Marc ^c   Du Toit, Elizabeth ^e   Beyers, Nulda ^e   Temmerman, Marleen ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960892969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-616     Document Type: Article

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