A prospective study of pharyngeal gonorrhoea and inconsistent condom use for oral sex among female brothel-based sex workers in Singapore

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 595-599

  Wong, M L ^a   Chan, Roy K W ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Condom use; Female brothel based sex workers; Oral sex; Pharyngeal gonorrhoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

ASIA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; GONORRHEA; INFECTIONS; ORAL EFFECTS; ORAL SEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; STUDIES; WOMEN;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032883763     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914726     Document Type: Article

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