Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: a study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.

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Published in BMC Public Health on November 26, 2012

Authors

Ingvild Fossgard Sandøy1, Astrid Blystad, Elizabeth H Shayo, Emmanuel Makundi, Charles Michelo, Joseph Zulu, Jens Byskov

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Ingvild.sandoy@cih.uib.no

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