The accuracy of women's reports of their partner's male circumcision status in Rakai, Uganda

AIDS

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 662-664

  Kong, Xiangrong ^a   Ndyanabo, Anthony ^b   Nalugoda, Fred ^b   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Ssekasanvu, Joseph ^b   Lutalo, Tom ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Wawer, Maria ^a   Gray, Ronald ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA;

EID: 84873407470     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32835c557c     Document Type: Article

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