Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission - Authors' reply

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 510-511

  Heffron, Renee ^a   Rees, Helen ^b   Mugo, Nelly ^a,c,d   Baeten, Jared M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; NORETHISTERONE ENANTATE;

CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84862731598     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70153-6     Document Type: Letter

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