Sex work and HIV status among transgender women: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-103

  Operario, Don ^a,d   Soma, Toho ^b   Underhill, Kristen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Barnett House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Sex work; Systematic review; Transgender transsexual

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TRANSSEXUALISM;

FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 42649123359     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31816e3971     Document Type: Review

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