Sex workers in Vietnam: How many, how risky?

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-404

  Truong, Tan Minh ^a   Do, Thi Nhan ^b   West, Gary R ^c,f   Durant, Tonji M ^d   Jenkins, Richard A ^e   Pham, Thi Huong ^c   Valdiserri, Ronald O ^c  

^a Khanh Hoa Dept of Health Service   (Viet Nam)

^b Vietnam Natl AIDS Standing Bureau   (Viet Nam)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Natl Ctr Chron Dis Prev Hlth   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM; WORKPLACE;

EID: 7244245459     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.5.389.48740     Document Type: Article

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