A qualitative assessment of long distance truck drivers' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in Itajaí, southern Brazil

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-496

  Malta, M ^a,b   Bastos, F I ^a   Pereira Koller, E M ^d   Cunha, M D ^d   Marques, C ^d   Strathdee, S A ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKPLACE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSPORTATION; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33745292759     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500235241     Document Type: Article

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