Male sex workers: Are we ignoring a risk group in Mumbai, India?

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Shinde, Santosh ^a,c   Setia, Maninder ^b   Row Kavi, Ashok ^c   Anand, Vivek ^c   Jerajani, Hemangi ^a,d  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^d LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus; Male sex workers; Men having sex with men; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249101722     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.45219     Document Type: Article

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