Choice-disability and HIV infection: A cross sectional study of HIV status in Botswana, Namibia and Swaziland

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 189-198

  Andersson, Neil ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b  

^a Universidad Auto'noma de Guerrero   (Mexico)

^b CIET TRUST BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Choice disability; HIV; Intimate partner violence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NAMIBIA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWAZILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOTSWANA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NAMIBIA; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SWAZILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858257320     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9912-3     Document Type: Article

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