What impact will reducing concurrency have on decreasing the incidence of HIV in heterosexual populations?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 414-415

  Go, Myong Hyun ^a   Blower, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84862063049     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182590628     Document Type: Editorial

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