Multiple sexual partners and condom use among long-distance truck drivers in Thailand

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 490-498

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

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRIVER; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; MULTIPLE PARTNERS; PROSTITUTES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THAILAND;

EID: 0030462919     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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