Biological validation of self-reported condom use among sex workers in Guinea

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1287-1293

  Aho, Joséphine ^a   Koushik, Anita ^b   Diakité, Soumaïla Laye ^c   Loua, Kovana Marcel ^d   Nguyen, Vinh Kim ^a   Rashed, Sélim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c University of Montreal Hospital Research Center ^*  (Guinea)

^d Institut National de Santé Publique de Guinée   (Guinea)

Author keywords

Female sex workers; PSA; Self reported condom use; Validity

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPERM; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GUINEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952277194     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9602-6     Document Type: Article

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