Violence as a Barrier for HIV Prevention among Female Sex Workers in Argentina

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Pando, María A ^a,b   Coloccini, Romina S ^a,b   Reynaga, Elena ^c   Rodriguez Fermepin, Marcelo ^a   Gallo Vaulet, Lucia ^a   Kochel, Tadeusz J ^d   Montano, Silvia M ^d   Avila, María M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c AMMAR   (Argentina)

^d California   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DETENTION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMATOSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SEX WORKERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84872435762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054147     Document Type: Article

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