HIV vulnerabilities of sex-trafficked Indian women and girls

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-34

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Raj, Anita ^b   Decker, Michele R ^c   Reed, Elizabeth ^d   Silverman, Jay G ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Sex trafficking; Sex work; South Asia; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

EID: 70249125747     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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