Correlates of HIV risk and preventive behaviors in Armenian female sex workers

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 325-334

  Markosyan, Karine M ^a,f   Babikian, Talin ^b   DiClemente, Ralph J ^c   Hirsch, Jennifer S ^d   Grigoryan, Samvel ^e   Del Rio, Carlos ^g  

^a Health Education Association NGO   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e National Center for AIDS Prevention   (Armenia)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armenia; Behavioral interventions; Commercial sex workers; Condoms; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARMENIA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847317906     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9147-x     Document Type: Article

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