Insights from a survey of sexual behavior among a group of at-risk women in Tehran, Iran, 2006

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 519-530

  Hajiabdolbaghi, Mahboubeh ^a   Razani, Nooshin ^b   Karami, Nazli ^f   Kheirandish, Parastoo ^e   Mohraz, Minoo ^a   Rasoolinejad, Mehrnaz ^a   Arefnia, Khojasteh ^c   Kourorian, Zahra ^a   Rutherford, George ^d   McFarland, Willi ^b,d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Iranian National Commission for UNESCO

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 38349091943     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.6.519     Document Type: Article

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