The wrong place at the wrong time: Geographic disparities in young people's HIV risk

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-229

  Jaspan, Heather ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 80052012587     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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