A sustainable behavioral intervention to increase condom use and reduce gonorrhea among sex workers in Singapore: 2-year follow-up

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 891-900

  Wong, M L ^a   Roy Chan, K W ^b   Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Behavioral and environmental intervention; Gonorrhea; Negotiation skills; Sustained condom use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONOCOCCAL URETHRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0344142381     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1998.0398     Document Type: Article

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