The relationship between intimate partner violence, rape and HIV amongst South African men: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b   Sikweyiya, Yandisa ^b   Morrell, Robert ^c   Dunkle, Kristin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052844512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024256     Document Type: Article

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