HIV/AIDS risk among female sex workers who use crack in Southern Brazil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 830-837

  Malta, Monica ^a   Monteiro, Simone ^a   Lima, Rosa Maria Jeronymo ^b,c   Bauken, Suzana ^b,c   de Marco, Aliamar ^c   Zuim, Gleisse Cristine ^c   Bastos, Francisco Inacio ^a   Singer, Merrill ^d   Strathdee, Steffanie Anne ^e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Estudos Pesquisa e Atenção a Drogas e Aids   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Controle de Zoonoses   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Crack; Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; Prostitution; Qualitative research; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849408393     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102008000500007     Document Type: Article

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