Sexual risk behaviour of rural-to-urban migrant taxi drivers in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A cross-sectional behavioural survey

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 648-658

  Roy, T ^a   Anderson, C ^a   Evans, C ^a   Rahman, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; HIV AIDS; Migrant workers; Sexual risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CAR DRIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY LIFE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MIGRANT WORKER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRANSPORTATION; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH; DHAKA [BANGLADESH];

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77957918664     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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