HIV in female sex workers in five border provinces of Vietnam

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 477-479

  Thuong, N V ^a   Nhung, V T ^a   Nghia, K V ^a   Tram, L T ^a   O'Farrell, Nigel ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

^b EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYPHILIS; URINALYSIS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; VIETNAM;

EID: 29144531953     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2005.016097     Document Type: Article

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