Measuring condom use among sex workers in the Dominican Republic

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-226

  Weir, Sharon S ^a,d   Fox, Laurie J ^a   DeMoya, Antonio ^b   Gomez, Bayardo ^b   Guerrero, Ernesto ^b   Hassig, Susan E ^c  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bias; Condoms; Cross sectional studies; Prostitutes

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CARIBBEAN; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ERROR SOURCES; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; PROSTITUTES; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES;

CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION;

EID: 0031914992     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462981922089     Document Type: Article

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