Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among long-distance truck drivers in Tongling, China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 304-308

  Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a,d   Yin, Yue Ping ^a   Gong, Xiang Dong ^a   Liang, Guo Jun ^a   Zhang, Wen Ying ^b   Poumerol, Gilles ^c   Shi, Mei Qin ^a   Wu, Shou Qiang ^b   Zhang, Guo Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGY   (China)

^b Tongling Institute of Dermatology   (China)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

China; Prevalence; Sexually transmitted infections; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33646342487     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790141     Document Type: Article

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