Traveling to China for the Beijing Olympic Games: Internal migration of the commercial sex workforce may be an important HIV risk factor for travelers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Wei, Ning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHINA; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GAME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LETTER; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CHINA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; TRAVEL;

EID: 43249095892     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2008.01.010     Document Type: Letter

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