Inconsistent condom use among sexual workers in Ecuador: Results from a behavior survey;Uso inconsistente del condón entre trabajadoras sexuales en Ecuador: Resultados de una encuesta de comportamientos

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 104-112

  Gutiérrez, Juan Pablo ^a   Molina Yépez, Diana ^b   Samuels, Fiona ^c   Bertozzi, Stefano Michele ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Instituto Juan Cesar Garcia   (Ecuador)

^c Alianza Internacional Contra el VIH/SIDA   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecuador; HIV; Prevention; Sex work; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 33646201622     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342006000200004     Document Type: Review

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