Male transvestite sex workers and HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-146

  Inciardi, James A ^a,b   Surratt, Hilary L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 0030898240     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269702700109     Document Type: Article

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