HIV related risks among Croatian migrant workers 2004-2006

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-369

  Stulhofer A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONDOMS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 41349105146     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701562062     Document Type: Article

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