Characterizing sexual histories of women before formal sex-work in south India from a cross-sectional survey: Implications for HIV\STI prevention

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mishra, Sharmistha ^a,b   Ramanaik, Satyanarayana ^c   Blanchard, James F ^d   Halli, Shiva ^d   Moses, Stephen ^d   Raghavendra, T ^c   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^c   Lorway, Rob ^d   Becker, Marissa ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Devadasis; HIV prevention; India; Sex work; Sexual life course

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866716163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-829     Document Type: Article

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