HIV risk behaviors among Dominican brothel and street prostitutes in New York City

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 444-456

  Deren, Sherry ^a   Sanchez, Jesus ^a   Shedlin, Michele ^b   Davis, W Rees ^a   Beardsley, Mark ^a   Jarlais, Don Des ^c   Miller, Kim ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Sociomedical Resource Associates Inc   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; PROSTITUTION; RISK; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029910664     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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