HIV prevalence and predictors of infection in sex-trafficked nepalese girls and women

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 536-542

  Silverman, Jay G ^a   Decker, Michele R ^a   Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Maheshwari, Ayonija ^b   Willis, Brian M ^c   Raj, Anita ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPAL; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIA; SURVIVOR; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEX OFFENSES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34547643177     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.5.536     Document Type: Article

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