Syphilis and methamphetamine use among female sex workers in Shandong Province, China

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Liao, Meizhen ^a,b   Jiang, Zhenxia ^c   Zhang, Xijiang ^c   Kang, Dianming ^b   Bi, Zhenqiang ^b   Liu, Xuezhen ^b   Fu, Jihua ^b   Zhang, Ning ^d   Mao, Wenwen ^a   Jiang, Baofa ^a   Jia, Yujiang ^e,f  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Health Counseling Center   (China)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; female sex workers; methamphetamine use; sexual behavior; syphilis

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650849221     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181ebb475     Document Type: Article

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