Economic hardship and sexually transmitted diseases in Haiti's rural Artibonite valley

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 496-501

  Fitzgerald, D W ^a   Behets, F ^a   Caliendo, A ^a   Roberfroid, D ^a   Lucet, C ^a   Fitzgerald, J W ^a   Kuykens, L ^a  

^a c/o Lynx Air ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRICHOMONAS;

EID: 0034467472     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2000.62.496     Document Type: Article

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