Knowledge and attitudes regarding aids among female commercial sex workers at Hyderabad City Pakistan

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-93

  Jamal, Nasir ^a   Khushk, Imdad A ^b   Naeem, Zahid ^c  

^a Sindh Anti TB Association/ Global Fund for HIV/ AIDS Malaria and TB   (India)

^b LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Commercial sex workers; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PAKISTAN; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33745616516     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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