Sexually transmitted infections, drug use, and risky sex among female sex workers in Guyana

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 318-

  Persaud, Navindra E ^a   Klaskala, Winslow I ^a   Baum, Marianna K ^a   Duncan, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; GUYANA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GUYANA; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033811087     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.4.318     Document Type: Short Survey

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