HIV infection among transport workers operating through Siliguri-Guwahati national highway, India

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-60

  Bal, Baishali ^a   Ahmed, Syed Iftikar ^b   Mukherjee, Rita ^a   Chakraborty, Sekhar ^a   Niyogi, Swapan Kumar ^a   Talukder, Arunangshu ^c   Chakraborty, Nilanjan ^d   Sarkar, Kamalesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b AIDS Prevention Society (APS)   (India)

^c West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society (WBSAP and CS)   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; risk behavior; sexually transmitted infections; truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS B; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34248591361     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109706298405     Document Type: Article

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