Gender, Migration, and Unprotected Causal and~Commercial Sex: Individual and Social Determinants of HIV and STD Risk Among~Female Migrants

Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-114

  Yang, Xiushi ^a   Xia, Guomei ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral Skill; Consistent Condom; Female Migrant; Risky Sexual Behavior; Sexually Transmit Infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885958159     PISSN: 18772560     EISSN: 22151990     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9900-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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