Constructing a complex of contagion: The perceptions of AIDS among working prostitutes in Costa Rica

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1575-1583

  Downe, Pamela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contagion; Costa Rica; HIV AIDS; Prostitute; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSTA RICA; HISTORY; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROSTITUTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COSTA RICA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030907436     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00389-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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