Migration, mobility and sexual risk behavior in Mumbai, India: Mobile men with non-residential wife show increased risk

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 921-927

  Saggurti, Niranjan ^a   Schensul, Stephen L ^b   Verma, Ravi K ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c International Center for Research on Women   (India)

Author keywords

India; Men; Migration; Mobility; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349673219     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9564-8     Document Type: Article

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