Coital frequency and condom use in monogamous and concurrent sexual relationships in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Delva, Wim ^a,b   Meng, Fei ^b,c   Beauclair, Roxanne ^a   Deprez, Nele ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Welte, Alex ^a   Hens, Niel ^c,d  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coital dilution; Concurrency; Condom use; HIV; Sex frequency; Sexual behaviour; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITAL FREQUENCY; COMMUNITY; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNPROTECTED SEX; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COITAL DILUTION; COITUS; CONCURRENCY; CONDOM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FREQUENCY; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COITAL DILUTION; CONCURRENCY; CONDOM USE; HIV; SEX FREQUENCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887268543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18034     Document Type: Article

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