Alcohol use and extramarital sex among men in Cameroon
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Alcohol use and extramarital sex among men in Cameroon
BACKGROUND The spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is believed to be driven by unsafe sex, and identification of modifiable risk factors of the latter is needed for comprehensive HIV prevention programming in the region. Some previous studies suggest an association between alcohol abuse and unsafe sexual behaviour, such as multiple concurrent sexual partnerships and inconsistent condom use in s...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC International Health and Human Rights
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1472-698X
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-7-6