Sexually transmissible infections among illegal female sex workers in Israel

Sexual Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 301-303

  Cwikel, Julie G ^a   Lazer, Tal ^b   Press, Fernanda ^b,c   Lazer, Simcha ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Clalit Medical Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Gonorrhoea; Syphilis; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISRAEL; MYCOPLASMA; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UREAPLASMA;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33751189620     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06048     Document Type: Article

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