Factors associated with history of drug use among female sex workers (FSW) in a high HIV prevalence state of India

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Medhi, Gajendra Kumar ^a,f   Mahanta, Jagadish ^a   Kermode, Michelle ^b   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^c   Adhikary, Rajatashuvra ^d   Phukan, Sanjib Kumar ^a   Ngully, P ^e  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Kripa Foundations   (India)

^f REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Condom Use; Drug Use; FSW; HIV; STIs

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862224288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-273     Document Type: Article

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