Predictors of HIV prevalence among street-based female sex workers in Andhra Pradesh state of India: A district-level analysis

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, G A ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a   Alary, Michel ^b,c   Dandona, Lalit ^a,d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b University Laval   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Avahan; Contextual factors; HIV; India; Street based female sex worker

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84900014415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-65     Document Type: Article

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