Evaluation of sexually transmitted diseases/human immunodeficiency virus intervention programs for sex workers in Calcutta, India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 680-684

  Gangopadhyay, Dwijendra Nath ^a   Chanda, Mitra ^a   Sarkar, Kamalesh ^b   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^b   Chakraborty, Sekhar ^b   Saha, Malay Kumar ^b   Manna, Byomkesh ^b   Jana, Smarajit ^c   Ray, Pratim ^c   Bhattacharya, Sujit Kumar ^b   Detels, Roger ^d  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c STD/HIV Intervention Project   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 27944501085     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000175399.43457.28     Document Type: Article

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