Condom use and its correlates among female sex workers in Hanoi, Vietnam

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-167

  Tran, Trung Nam ^a   Detels, Roger ^a   Lan, Hoang Phuong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Hanoi Dermatology and Venerology Center   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Behavior; Condoms; HIV AIDS; Sex workers; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; SCIENCE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIETY; VIET NAM; WORKER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; VIETNAM;

EID: 33645852284     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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