Do age-disparate relationships drive HIV incidence in young women? Evidence from a population cohort in Rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 443-451

  Harling, Guy ^a   Newell, Marie Louise ^b,c   Tanser, Frank ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a   Bärnighausen, Till ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISPARITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903755776     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000198     Document Type: Article

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