High prevalence of forced sex among non-brothel based, wine shop centered sex workers in Chennai, India

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Go, Vivian F ^c   Srikrishnan, Aylur K ^a   Parker, Corette Breeden ^b   Salter, Megan ^c   Green, Annette M ^b   Sivaram, Sudha ^c   Johnson, Sethulakshmi C ^a   Latkin, Carl ^c   Davis, Wendy ^c   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Celentano, David D ^c  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; India; Sex workers; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COERCION; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE; WINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951679143     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9758-0     Document Type: Article

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