Risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases in prostitutes and transvestites in Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil;Fatores de risco para doenças sexualmente transmissíveis entre prostitutas e travestis de Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brasil

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-101

  Costa Passos, Afonso Dinis ^a,b   De Castro Figueiredo, José Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Clinica Medica ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAL SEX; BRAZIL; CITY; CONDOM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSVESTISM;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRAO PRETO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 4544348487     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892004000800004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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