The effects of scale on the costs of targeted HIV prevention interventions among female and male sex workers, men who have sex with men and transgenders in India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Chandrashekar, Sudha ^a,b   Guinness, L ^a   Kumaranayake, L ^a   Reddy, Bhaskar ^c   Govindraj, Y ^c   Vickerman, P ^a   Alary, M ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; ORGANIZATIONS; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 77949911674     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038547     Document Type: Article

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