Is food insecurity associated with HIV risk? Cross-sectional evidence from sexually active women in Brazil

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b   Hung, Kristin J ^c   Weiser, Sheri D ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INFECTION RISK; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; BODY WEIGHT; CATERING SERVICE; COITUS; EPIDEMIC; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COITUS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; THINNESS; VAGINAL DISCHARGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860195558     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001203     Document Type: Article

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