Alcohol use by men is a risk factor for the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections and human immunodeficiency virus from female sex workers in Mumbai, India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 685-690

  Madhivanan, Purnima ^a   Hernandez, Alexandra ^b   Gogate, Alka ^c   Stein, Ellen ^b   Gregorich, Steven ^b   Setia, Maninder ^a   Kumta, Sameer ^e   Ekstrand, Maria ^b   Mathur, Meenakshi ^d   Jerajani, Hema ^d   Lindan, Christina P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mumbai District AIDS Control Society   (India)

^d LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORKER;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 27944453934     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175405.36124.3b     Document Type: Article

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