Determinants of HIV infection among female commercial sex workers in northeastern Thailand: Results from a longitudinal study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 500-507

  Ungchusak, Kumnuan ^a   Rehle, Thomas ^b   Thammapornpilap, Piyanit ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^c   Brinkmann, Uwe ^c   Siraprapasiri, Taweesap ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Female commercial sex workers; Human immunodeficiency virus transmission; injectable contraceptives; Northeast Thailand; Risk factors; Seroconversion rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; THAILAND VIRUS;

EID: 0029810353     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199608150-00010     Document Type: Article

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