Vaginal douching, condom use, and sexually transmitted infections among Chinese female sex workers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 696-702

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

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINAL LAVAGE; WORKER;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINAL DOUCHING;

EID: 27944496841     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175403.68410.ec     Document Type: Article

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