HIV infection and risk factors among female sex workers in southern Vietnam

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 425-432

  Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thanh ^a   Nhung, Vo Tuyet ^a   Van Thuc, Nguyen ^b   Lien, Truong Xuan ^a   Khiem, Ha Ba ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b Dermato Venereal Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

HIV; Risk factors; Sex workers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VIET NAM;

EID: 0032485448     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199804000-00012     Document Type: Article

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