Migrants' risky sexual behaviours in India and at home in far western Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 897-903

  Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Okumora, Junko ^a   Joshi, Anand B ^b   Wakai, Susymu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Migration; Nepal; Sexual behaviours; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MIGRATION; NEPAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA; MUMBAI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 4344568149     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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