Male use of female sex work in India: A nationally representative behavioural survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Gaffey, Michelle F ^a   Venkatesh, Srinivasan ^b   Dhingra, Neeraj ^b   Khera, Ajay ^c   Kumar, Rajesh ^d   Arora, Paul ^a   Nagelkerke, Nico ^a   Jha, Prabhat ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b National AIDS Control Organisation   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^d POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE SEX WORKER; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; MARRIED MAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE MAN; URBAN AREA; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960915379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022704     Document Type: Article

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