Examining the components of population-level sexual behavior trends from 1993 to 2007 in an open ugandan cohort

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 697-704

  Shafer, Leigh Anne ^a,b   Nsubuga, Rebecca N ^b   Seeley, Janet ^b   Levin, Jonathan ^b   Grosskurth, Heiner ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961027464     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318214e42e     Document Type: Article

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