Risk compensation following male circumcision: Results from a two-year prospective cohort study of recently circumcised and uncircumcised men in Nyanza Province, Kenya

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1764-1775

  Westercamp, Nelli ^a   Agot, Kawango ^b   Jaoko, Walter ^c   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Behavioral disinhibition; HIV AIDS; Male circumcision; Risk compensation; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84906306964     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0846-4     Document Type: Article

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