Declining prevalence of STI in the London sex industry, 1985 to 2002

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 374-378

  Ward, Helen ^a   Day, S ^b   Green, A ^a   Cooper, K ^a   Weber, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONDOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 6044268123     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2003.009068     Document Type: Article

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