Understanding out-migration among female sex workers in south India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 776-783

  Banandur, Pradeep ^a,b   Ramanaik, Satyanarayana ^a   Manhart, Lisa E ^c   Buzdugan, Raluca ^d   Mahapatra, Bidhubhushan ^e   Isac, Shajy ^a   Halli, Shiva S ^f   Washington, Reynold G ^g   Moses, Stephen ^f   Blanchard, James F ^f  

^a KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^b Periyar EVR   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PROSTITUTION; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866699775     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182641d90     Document Type: Article

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