Street Life and Drug Risk Behaviors Associated with Exchanging Sex Among Male Street Children in Lahore, Pakistan

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-228

  Towe, Vivian L ^a   Hasan, Salman ul ^a   Zafar, S Tariq ^a   Sherman, Susan G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange sex; HIV risk; Pakistan; Street children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349105329     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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