HIV, syphilis, and behavioral risk factors among female sex workers before and after implementation of harm reduction programs in a high drug-using area of China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Li ^a   Liang, Shu ^b   Lu, Weixia ^c   Pan, Stephen W ^d   Song, Benli ^e   Liu, Qianping ^e   Xu, Yunan ^c   Dong, Hui ^f   Xing, Hui ^c   Shao, Yiming ^c   Ruan, Yuhua ^c  

^a Beijing Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Xichang Center for STD and Leprosy Control   (China)

^f Beijing Youth Politics College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSTITUTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNPROTECTED SEX; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84897093438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084950     Document Type: Article

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