The Who Concept of Sexual Health Applied to An Urban Poor Community in Mumbai, India

International Journal of Sexual Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-68

  Mehrotra, Purnima ^a   Schensul, Stephen L ^b   Saggurti, Niranjan ^a   Burleson, Joseph A ^b   Maitra, Shubhada ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Sexual health promotion; STIs; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921855029     PISSN: 19317611     EISSN: 1931762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2014.942487     Document Type: Article

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