Mapping transactional sex on the Northern Corridor highway in Kenya

Health and Place

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 504-519

  Ferguson, Alan G ^a   Morris, Chester N ^b  

^a M and E Advisor   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS mapping; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Sex workers; Truckers

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; EPIDEMIC; GIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAPPING; PROSTITUTION; VULNERABILITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; WORKER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846368072     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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