Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 682-689 , September 2007

Adolescent human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted disease prevention programmes: are gender-blind approaches justified?

  • G.K. Ateka

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Foundation-Lesotho, P/Bag A191 Maseru 100, Lesotho
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +26622222700; fax: +26622222799.
    • ,
  • B.J. Selwyn

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Received 18 August 2006 ,Revised 2 January 2007 ,Accepted 3 January 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00053-4

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.01.013

Public Health
Volume 121, Issue 9 , Pages 682-689 , September 2007

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