"Bridge population": Sex workers or their clients? - STI prevalence and risk behaviors of clients of female sex workers in China

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Huang, Z J ^a   Wang, W ^b   Martin, M C ^a   Nehl, E J ^c   Smith, B D ^a   Wong, F Y ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clients of female sex workers; domestic violence; HIV; migrant; STI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; FEMALE SEX WORKERS AND THEIR CLIENT; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO; UNSAFE SEX; URINALYSIS;

CHINA; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79958727867     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.507759     Document Type: Article

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