Anal and dry sex in commercial sex work, and relation to risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Meru, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 392-396

  Schwandt, Michael ^a,b   Morris, C ^a   Ferguson, A ^a   Ngugi, E ^c   Moses, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33750087895     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.019794     Document Type: Article

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