Risk factors for HIV infection in people attending clinics for sexually transmitted diseases in India

BMJ

Volumn 311, Issue 7000, 1995, Pages 283-

  Mehendale, Sanjay M ^a   Shepherd, Mary E ^a   Gangakhedkar, raman R ^a   Risbud, Arun R ^a   Brookmeyer, Ronald S ^a   Gokhale, Manjusha R ^a   Rompalo, Anne M ^a   Bollinger, Robert C ^a   Divekar, Anand D ^b   Gadkari, Deepak A ^b   Deshpande, Shridhar G ^b   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^c   Khalandkar, M M ^d   Mawar, Nita ^e  

^a NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^e Air Quality Management Cell   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CURRENTLY MARRIED--WOMEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERODIAGNOSIS; INDIA; INFECTIONS; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; MARITAL STATUS; MEASUREMENT; NUPTIALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTES; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHERN ASIA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HIV-2; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028981047     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.311.7000.283     Document Type: Article

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