A farewell to abstinence and fidelity?

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2016, Pages e599-e600

  Buse, Kent ^a   Hildebrand, Mikaela ^b   Hawkes, Sarah ^c  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b Swedish Association for Sexuality Education   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84998849992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30138-3     Document Type: Note

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