Is Early Sexual Debut a Risk Factor for HIV Infection Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 69, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 27-40

  Stöckl, Heidi ^a   Kalra, Naira ^b   Jacobi, Jantine ^c   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNAIDS ^*

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Early sexual debut; HIV; Sub Saharan Africa; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84873437813     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12043     Document Type: Review

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