HIV risk perception, risk behavior, and seroprevalence among female commercial sex workers in Georgetown, Guyana

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-459

  Carter, Keith H ^a   Harry, Bhiro P ^b   Jeune, Michael ^c   Nicholson, Devian ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Guyana)

^b Public Hospital   (Guyana)

^c Public Hospital ^*  (Guyana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HIV; SEX INDUSTRY;

GUYANA;

EID: 0030609553     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891997000600005     Document Type: Article

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