Use of time-location sampling for systematic behavioral surveillance of truck drivers in Brazil

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Ferreira, Luiz Oscar Cardoso ^a   De Oliveira, Eniel Sabino ^b   Raymond, H Fisher ^c   Chen, Sanny Y ^c   McFarland, Willi ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Risk behavior; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIVORCE; DRIVER; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTITUTION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME LOCATION SAMPLING; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; BRAZIL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 46149090815     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9386-0     Document Type: Article

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