Employment and contextual impact of safe and unsafe sexual practices for STI and HIV: The situation in China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 536-544

  Wang, Shuguang M ^a,b   Gao, Melissa Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Context; Self employment (getihu); Sexual practices; STI HIV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFECTIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CHANGE;

EID: 0033859739     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001916281     Document Type: Article

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