Comparing risk factors of HIV among hijra sex workers in Larkana and other cities of Pakistan: An analytical cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Altaf, Arshad ^a   Zahidie, Aysha ^b   Agha, Ajmal ^b  

^a Canada Pakistan HIV AIDS Surveillance Project   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Commercial sex workers; HIV prevalence; Urban Sindh

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862203438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-279     Document Type: Article

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