Understanding the dynamics of condom use among female sex workers in China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-140

  Wang, Bo ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   McGuire, James ^a   Kamali, Vafa ^a   Fang, Xiaoyi ^c   Stanton, Bonita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849094130     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318191721a     Document Type: Article

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