Injection drug use, sexual risk, violence and STI/HIV among Moscow female sex workers

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-283

  Decker, Michele R ^a   Wirtz, Andrea L ^a   Baral, Stefan D ^a   Peryshkina, Alena ^b   Mogilnyi, Vladmir ^b   Weber, Rachel A ^a   Stachowiak, Julie ^a   Go, Vivian ^a   Beyrer, Chris ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AIDS Infoshare   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION DRUG USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOSCOW; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861670434     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050171     Document Type: Article

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