A Qualitative Exploration of Barriers to Condom Use among Female Sex Workers in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Jie, Wu ^a   Xiaolan, Zhou ^a   Ciyong, Lu ^a   Moyer, Eileen ^b   Hui, Wang ^a   Lingyao, Hong ^a   Xueqing, Deng ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION RISK; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867308525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046786     Document Type: Article

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