HIV risk perception and behavior among sex workers in three major urban centers of Mozambique

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Langa, Judite ^a   Sousa, César ^b   Sidat, Mohsin ^b   Kroeger, Karen ^a   McLellan Lemal, Eleanor ^a   Belani, Hrishikesh ^a   Patel, Shama ^a   Shodell, Daniel ^a   Shodell, Michael ^c   Benech, Irene ^a   Needle, Richard ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SYPHILIS; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITY; COUNSELING; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITIES; COUNSELING; DRUG USERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; RISK; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899727812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094838     Document Type: Article

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