Trends in sexually transmitted diseases and condom use patterns among commercial sex workers in Fukuoka City, Japan 1990-93

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 358-361

  Tanaka, Masatoshi ^a,d   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^c   Sakumoto, Misao ^a   Matsumoto, Tetsuro ^a   Akazawa, Kohei ^b   Kumazawa, Joichi ^a  

^a Department of Urology ^*  (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nakayama Urologic Clinic   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial sex worker; Condom; STD; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 79960431456     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.72.5.358     Document Type: Article

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