Concurrent partnerships in Cape Town, South Africa: Race and sex differences in prevalence and duration of overlap

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Beauclair, Roxanne ^a,b   Hens, Niel ^c,d   Delva, Wim ^a,b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Concurrent partnerships; HIV prevention; Sexual behaviour and HIV; Sexual concurrency; Sexual risk behaviour; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84923170167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.19372     Document Type: Article

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