Changes in condom use behaviours among clients of female sex workers in China

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Lau, Joseph T F ^a   Wan, S P ^b   Yu, X N ^a   Cheng, F ^c   Zhang, Y ^d   Wang, N ^e   Zhang, L ^f   Zhang, J ^g  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Management Office of China UK HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project   (China)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^f Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^g SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRIANGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349306577     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.035162     Document Type: Article

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