HIV related knowledge and prevention among Thai female commercial sex workers in Japan

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 190-196

  Jitthai, Nigoon ^a,b   Miyasaka, Michio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b The Japan Foundation   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Client of sex worker; Condom use; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Thai commercial sex workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032986950     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932257     Document Type: Article

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