Widely varying HIV prevalence and risk behaviours among the ethnic minority peoples of northern Thailand

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 427-439

  Beyrer, C ^a,c   Celentano, D D ^a   Suprasert, S ^b   Sittitrai, W ^b   Nelson, K E ^a   Kongsub, B ^b   Go, V ^a   Phanupak, P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Prog AIDS Thai Red Cross Soc   (Thailand)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTES; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

EID: 0030855698     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129750124975     Document Type: Article

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