HIV infection and sexual partnerships and behaviour among adolescent girls in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Published in Int J STD AIDS on July 01, 2012

Authors

A F Rositch1, P Cherutich, P Brentlinger, J N Kiarie, R Nduati, C Farquhar

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. arositch@jhsph.edu

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