Condom use among female sex workers in China: Role of gatekeepers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 572-580

  Yang, Hongmei ^a,e   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^b   Zhao, Ran ^b   Dong, Baiqing ^c   Liu, Wei ^c   Liang, Shaoling ^c   Zhou, Yuejiao ^c   Hong, Yan ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; TRAINING;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 24944468190     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175418.48665.95     Document Type: Article

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