Marriage, widowhood, divorce and HIV risks among women in sub-Saharan Africa

International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-53

  Tenkorang, Eric Y ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographic and health Survey; HIV infection; Marital status; Sub Saharan Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AIDS INDICATOR SURVEY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; LESOTHO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MARRIAGE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; WIDOW; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTION; MARITAL STATUS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WOMEN;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84896853068     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: 18763405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihu003     Document Type: Article

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