Origins and working conditions of female sex workers in urban Thailand: Consequences of social context for HIV transmission

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 453-462

  Wawer, Maria J ^a   Podhisita, Chai ^a   Kanungsukkasem, Uraiwan ^a   Pramualratana, Anthony ^a   McNamara, Regina ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial sex worker; Condoms; HIV; Sexual behavior; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PROSTITUTION; RELATIVE; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIBLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HIV TRANSMISSION; PROSTITUTION; SEX INDUSTRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR;

THAILAND;

EID: 0029668711     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00150-6     Document Type: Article

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