HIV testing behaviors among female sex workers in southwest China

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-52

  Hong, Yan ^a   Zhang, Chen ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c   Fang, Xiaoyi ^d   Lin, Xiuyun ^d   Zhou, Yuejiao ^e   Liu, Wei ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Female sex workers; HIV intervention; HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863282227     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9960-8     Document Type: Article

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