HIV prevalence and related risk behaviours among female sex workers in Iran: Results of the national biobehavioural survey, 2010

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2013, Pages

  Sajadi, Leily ^a   Mirzazadeh, Ali ^a,b   Navadeh, Soodabeh ^a   Osooli, Mehdi ^a,c   Khajehkazemi, Razieh ^d   Gouya, Mohammad Mehdi ^e   Fahimfar, Noushin ^e   Zamani, Omid ^a   Haghdoost, Ali Akbar ^a,d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM USE; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INJECTION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

CONDOMS; DRUG MISUSE; HIV;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONDOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; METHADONE; ODDS RATIO; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84891875043     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051028     Document Type: Article

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