A prospective study on condom slippage and breakage among female brothel-based sex workers in Singapore

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 208-214

  Wong, Mee Lian ^a,c   Chan, Roy K W ^b   Koh, David ^a   Wee, Sharon ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of STD Control ^*  (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0034116518     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200004000-00005     Document Type: Article

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