Prevalence and assessment of clinical management of sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in two cities of India

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Das, A ^a   Prabhakar, P ^a   Narayanan, P ^a   Neilsen, G ^b   Wi, T ^c   Kumta, S ^d   Rao, G ^e   Gangakhedkar, R ^e   Risbud, A ^e  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Sindhorn Building   (Thailand)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONDOM; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; DECISION TREE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; STATISTICS;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 80052649721     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/494769     Document Type: Article

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