Female sex workers in China: Vectors of disease?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 695-703

  Pirkle, Catherine ^a,b   Soundardjee, Riswana ^a   Stella, Artuso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34548179124     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.olq.0000260989.70866.94     Document Type: Article

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