Sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases in street-based female sex workers in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 287-292

  Islam Mondal, Nazrul ^a   Hossain, Kamal ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^a   Bashar Mian, Abul ^b  

^a Department of Population Science and Human Resource Development ^*  (Bangladesh)

^b Institute of Bangladesh Studies   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; HIV AIDS; Sexual behaviors; SFSWs; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREET BASED FEMALE SEX WORKER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EID: 60649112303     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-86702008000400006     Document Type: Article

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