Gender differences in HIV-related perceptions, sexual risk behaviors, and history of sexually transmitted diseases among Chinese migrants visiting public sexually transmitted disease clinics

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-68

  Wang, Bo ^a,e   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Stanton, Bonita ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^b   Liang, Guojun ^c   Liu, Hui ^d   Lin, Danhua ^b   Yang, Hongmei ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c National Center for STD Control   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONDOM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33846813766     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.0031     Document Type: Article

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