Commercial Logging and HIV Epidemic, Rural Equatorial Africa
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We found a high seroprevalence of HIV among young women in a commercial logging area in Cameroon. The vulnerability of these young women could be related to commercial logging and the social and economic networks it induces. The environmental changes related to this industry in Equatorial Africa may facilitate HIV dissemination.
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دوره 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004