Risk behaviors for sexually transmitted diseases among truck drivers in Brazil;Comportamentos de risco para doenças sexualmente transmissíveis em caminhoneiros no Brasil

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

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-30

  Teles, Sheila Araujo ^a,b   De Matos, Marcos André ^c   Caetano, Karlla Antonieta Amorim ^a   Costa, Ludmila Araujo ^c   Da Silva França, Divânia Dias ^c   Pessoni, Grécia Carolina ^c   Brunini, Sandra Maria ^c   Martins, Regina Maria Bringel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal de Golás ^*  (Brazil)

^c Univ Fed Golas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Risk factors; Sexually transmitted diseases; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

COMANAGEMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 51249123552     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892008000700003     Document Type: Article

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