Changes in Condom Use During the First Year of HIV Treatment in Uganda and the Relationship to Depression

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-183

  Wagner, Glenn J ^a   Ghosh Dastidar, Bonnie ^a   Slaughter, Mary Ellen ^a   Akena, Dickens ^b   Nakasujja, Noeline ^b   Musisi, Seggane ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Condom use; Depression; HIV; Primary partner; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893177513     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: 15324796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-013-9586-3     Document Type: Article

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