Social and behavioral determinants of consistent condom use among female commercial sex workers in Ghana

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 160-172

  Adu Oppong, Ahmed ^a   Grimes, Richard M ^b   Ross, Michael W ^b   Risser, Jan ^b   Kessie, Gladstone ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Holy Family Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GHANA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34247387584     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.2.160     Document Type: Article

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