Anal sex and associated HIV-related sexual risk factors among female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh, India

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 430-437

  Patra, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Mahapatra, Bidhubhusan ^b   Kovvali, Dolly ^a   Proddutoor, Laxminarayana ^a   Saggurti, Niranjan ^b  

^a Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust   (India)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

Author keywords

prostitution; sexual practices; sexually transmissible infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867641500     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11155     Document Type: Review

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