Effects of sex work on the prevalence of syphilis among injection drug users in 3 Russian cities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 478-485

  Platt, Lucy ^a,f   Rhodes, Tim ^a   Judd, Ali ^a   Koshkina, Evgeniya ^b   Maksimova, Svetlana ^c   Latishevskaya, Natalia ^d   Renton, Adrian ^a   McDonald, Tamara ^e   Parry, John V ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Epidemiology   (Russian Federation)

^c ALTAI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOSCOW; MOUTH MUCOSA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33847742141     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.069732     Document Type: Article

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