Sexually transmissible infections among female sex workers: An international review with an emphasis on hard-to-access populations

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Cwikel, Julie G ^a   Lazer, Tal ^b   Press, Fernanda ^b,c   Lazer, Simcha ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Clalit Medical Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 39749168577     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07024     Document Type: Review

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