Pursuing scale and quality in STI interventions with sex workers: Initial results from Avahan India AIDS Initiative

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 381-385

  Steen, Richard ^a   Mogasale, V ^b   Wi, T ^b   Singh, A K ^b   Das, A ^b   Daly, C ^b   George, B ^b   Neilsen, G ^b   Loo, V ^c   Dallabetta, G ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONDOMS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33750054422     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.020438     Document Type: Article

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