Application of the capture-recapture method for estimating number of mobile male sex workers in a Port City of Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Khan, Sharful Islam ^a,b   Bhuiya, Abbas ^b   Jamal Uddin, A S M Janal ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c Bandhu Social Welfare Society   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Capture recapture method; Sex behaviour; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOSTATISTICS; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COOPERATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; RELIABILITY; STAFF TRAINING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2942678852     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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