Violence and HIV risk among female xex workers in Southern India

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Deering, Kathleen N ^a   Bhattacharjee, Parinita ^b   Mohan, H L ^b   Bradley, Janet ^c   Shannon, Kate ^a   Boily, Marie Claude ^d   Ramesh, B M ^b   Isac, Shajy ^b   Moses, Stephen ^e   Blanchard, James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84872910123     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31827df174     Document Type: Article

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