Why do condoms break? A study of female sex workers in Bangalore, south India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Bradley, Janet ^a,b   Rajaram, S P ^c   Moses, Stephen ^d   Boily, Marie Claude ^e   Ramesh, B M ^c,d   Isac, Shajy ^c   Lobo, Anil ^c   Gowda, G Chandrashekhar ^f   Pushpalatha, R ^g   Gurav, Kaveri ^c   Kumar, Sunil ^c   Washington, Reynold ^c,d   Pickles, Michael ^e   Alary, Michel ^b  

^a CHARME India Project   (India)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f Part of Catalyst Group   (India)

^g Swathi Mahila Sangha   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONDOM BREAKAGE; DEVICE SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; PENIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862777730     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050283     Document Type: Article

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