Sexually transmitted diseases in Japanese female commercial sex workers working in massage parlors with cell baths

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 248-253

  Miyazaki, Motonobu ^a   Babazono, Akira ^b   Kato, Masumi ^a   Takagi, Shigeru ^c   Chimura, Hiroshi ^d   Une, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^d Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus infection; Japanese female commercial sex worker; Sex fee; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0142218352     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0257-3     Document Type: Article

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