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Comment
. 2007 Oct;4(10):1576-7.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040301.

Food insecurity--a risk factor for HIV infection

Nigel Rollins  1
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Food insecurity--a risk factor for HIV infection

Nigel Rollins. PLoS Med. 2007 Oct.

Abstract

Nigel Rollins discusses a new study showing that food insufficiency is a risk factor for increased sexual risk-taking in women in Botswana and Swaziland.

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Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

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