Assessing reported condom use among female sex workers in southern India through examination of condom availability

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Bradley, Janet ^a   Moses, Stephen ^b,c   Blanchard, James F ^b,c   Rajaram, S ^a   Ramesh, B M ^b   Verma, Supriya ^a   Alary, Michel ^d  

^a CHARME India Project   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77949905477     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038398     Document Type: Article

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