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UNAIDS ‘multiple sexual partners’ core indicator: promoting sexual networks to reduce potential biases

Zacharie Tsala DimbuenePRONUSTIC Research LaboratoryDepartment of Demography, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada;Faculté des sciences économiques et de gestion, Département des Sciences de la population et du développement, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;Research Data Centre Program, Microdata Access Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada;Department of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Jacques B.O. EminaFaculté des sciences économiques et de gestion, Département des Sciences de la population et du développement, Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;INDEPTH-Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana;CEPS/INSTEADUniversity of Luxembourg, Walferdange, Luxembourg
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Osman SankohINDEPTH-Network, East Legon, Accra, Ghana;School of Public HealthUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Faculty of Public HealthHanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
Article: 23103 | Received 16 Oct 2013, Accepted 12 Feb 2014, Published online: 11 Mar 2014

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