High HIV vulnerability of ethnic minorities after a trans-Asian highway construction in remote northern Laos

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 570-575

  Slesak, G ^a,b   Inthalad, S ^a,c   Kim, J H ^a   Manhpadit, S ^c,d   Somsavad, S ^c   Sisouphanh, B ^e   Bouttavong, S ^f   Phengsavanh, A ^d   Barennes, H ^g  

^a SFE Luang Namtha Medical Project   (Laos)

^b Tropenklinik Paul Lechler Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c Luang Namtha Provincial Hospital   (Laos)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^e Technical Office   (Laos)

^f Luang Namtha Provincial Health Department   (Laos)

^g Institut Francophone pour la Me decine Tropicale   (Laos)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; HIV; Laos; Road; Sexual risk behaviour; Voluntary counselling and testing; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COUNSELING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865831752     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.011416     Document Type: Article

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