Commercial sex work, drug use, and sexually transmitted infections in St. Petersburg, Russia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2181-2190

  Aral, Sevgi O ^a   St Lawrence, Janet S ^a   Dyatlov, Roman ^b,c   Kozlov, Andrei ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Biomedical Center   (Russian Federation)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Commercial sex workers; Drug use; HIV; Russia; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG USE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAINT PETERSBURG [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; SAINT PETERSBURG [SAINT PETERSBURG (OBL)]; WORLD;

EID: 14644427894     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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