HIV infection and risk characteristics among female sex workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-586

  Tran, Trung Nam ^a   Detels, Roger ^a,e   Long, Hoang Thuy ^b   Phung, Le Van ^c   Lan, Hoang Phuong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d Hanoi Dermatology and Venerology Center   (Viet Nam)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlates; Drug use; HIV; Sex workers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VIET NAM; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SYPHILIS; VIETNAM;

EID: 23244435324     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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