The relationship of illicit drug use to HIV-infection among commercial sex workers in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Brazil

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 427-436

  Szwarcwald, Celia L ^a   Bastos, Francisco I ^a   Gravato, Neide ^b,c   Lacerda, Regina ^b,c   Chequer, Pedro N ^d   De Castilho, Euclides A ^d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Municipal Health Secretariat   (Brazil)

^c Assoc Res Prev/Educ STDs/A   (Brazil)

^d MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; Commercial sex workers; Crack cocaine; HIV

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346311064     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-3959(98)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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