Alcohol Use and Sexual Risks: Use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Among Female Sex Workers in China

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 122-138

  Chen, Yiyun ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^b   Zhang, Chen ^c   Hong, Yan ^c   Zhou, Yuejiao ^d   Liu, Wei ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84872396470     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.610535     Document Type: Article

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