Vulnerability to AIDS among the elderly in an urban center in central Brazil

Clinics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-25

  Driemeier, Marta ^a   de Andrade, Sônia Maria Oliveira ^a   Pontes, Elenir Rose Jardim Cury ^a   Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda ^a   da Cunha, Rivaldo Venâncio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Elderly; Sexuality; Sexually transmitted diseases; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84855985390     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2012(01)04     Document Type: Article

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