Drugs, sex, and the geographies of sexual health in Thailand, Southeast Asia

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-125

  Del Casino, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

drugs; health geography; HIV AIDS; sex; sexual health

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USER; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

THAILAND;

EID: 84860809775     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2012.655766     Document Type: Article

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