Inconsistent condom use among young men who have sex with men, male sex workers, and transgenders in Thailand

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-109

  Chemnasiri, Tareerat ^a   Netwong, Taweesak ^b   Visarutratana, Surasing ^c   Varangrat, Anchalee ^a   Li, Andrea ^d   Phanuphak, Praphan ^e   Jommaroeng, Rapeepun ^e,f   Akarasewi, Pasakorn ^a   Van Griensven, Frits ^a,g  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b Patong Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Chiang Mai Provincial Health Office   (Thailand)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^f Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand   (Thailand)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COERCION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950942153     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.2.100     Document Type: Article

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