Socio-economic and demographic characteristics and HIV-1 infection among female commercial sex workers in Thailand

AIDS Care

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 557-566

  Van Griensven, G J P ^a   Coutinho, R A ^a   Limanonda, B ^b   Chongwatana, N ^b   Tirasawat, P ^b  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS--WOMEN; INTERVIEWS; POPULATION; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THAILAND;

EID: 0028839364     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129550126218     Document Type: Article

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