Demographic correlates of constant condom use among sex workers in Tangail, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Adolescence

Volumn 42, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 795-804

  Eva, Nilufar Akter ^a   Munakata, Tsunetsugu ^b   Onuoha, Francis N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BANGLADESH; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38849166006     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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