Female sex work interventions and changes in HIV and syphilis infection risks from 2003 to 2008 in India: A repeated cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Arora, Paul ^a,b   Nagelkerke, Nico J D ^c   Moineddin, Rahim ^d   Bhattacharya, Madhulekha ^e   Jha, Prabhat ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 84880400587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002724     Document Type: Article

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