Male sex workers in Antwerp, Belgium: A descriptive study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 744-748

  Leuridan, Elke ^a,b   Wouters, K ^a,b   Stalpaert, M ^c   Van Damme, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Health House for Antwerp Prostitutes ^*  (Belgium)

^c AML Laboratory   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Male sex worker; Outreach programme; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 27944502532     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646205774763072     Document Type: Article

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