HIV testing among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2033-2036

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a   Kumar, G Anil ^a   Gutierrez, Juan Pablo ^b   McPherson, Sam ^c   Bertozzi, Stefano M ^b,d  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 27944444974     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000191921.31808.8c     Document Type: Article

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