The context of economic insecurity and its relation to violence and risk factors for HIV among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2010, Pages 81-89

  Reed, Elizabeth ^a,b   Gupta, Jhumka ^c   Biradavolu, Monica ^b   Devireddy, Vasavi ^b   Blankenship, Kim M ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYSURIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENITAL ULCER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PRURITUS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VIOLENCE; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955882210     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s412     Document Type: Article

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