Polygyny, Partnership Concurrency, and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1075-1101

  Reniers, Georges ^a   Tfaily, Rania ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Marriage; Partnership concurrency; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864085559     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0114-z     Document Type: Article

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