Low prevalences of HIV infection and sexually transmitted disease among female commercial sex workers in Mexico City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1012-1015

  Uribe Salas, Felipe ^a   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^a   Conde Glez, Carlos J ^a   Juárez Figueroa, Luis ^a   Allen, Betania ^a   Anaya Ocampo, Rafael ^a   Del Río Chiriboga, Carlos ^b   Uribe Zúñiga, Patricia ^b   De Zalduondo, Barbara ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Natl Cncl Prev and Contr of AIDS   (Mexico)

^c US Agy for Intl Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEXICO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 1842374401     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.6.1012     Document Type: Article

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