HIV prevalence and risk factors among fishermen in Sihanouk Ville, Cambodia

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 479-483

  Samnang, Po ^a   Hor, Bun Leng ^a   Kim, Andrea ^b   Canchola, Alison ^b   Moss, Andrew ^c   Mandel, Jeffrey S ^c   Page Shafer, Kimberly ^b  

^a Ministry of Health Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishermen; HIV prevalence; Mobile populations; Sexual behaviour; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CONDOM; FISHERMAN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAMBODIA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FISHERIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 3242691450     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462041211315     Document Type: Article

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