Health care seeking behaviour for sexually transmitted diseases among commercial sex workers in Morogoro, Tanzania

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-33

  Outwater, Anne ^a   Nkya, Lucy ^b   Lyamuya, Eligius ^c   Lwihula, George ^c   Green, Edward C ^d   Hogle, Jan ^e   Hassig, Susan E ^f   Dallabetta, Gina ^g  

^a United States Peace Corps Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^b Faraja Trust   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d AIDS   (South Africa)

^e Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine ^*

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Family Health International s IMPACT Project   (United States)

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EID: 24044496534     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910501750035653     Document Type: Article

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