Large price premiums for unprotected sex among female sex workers in Kenya: A potential challenge for behavioral HIV prevention interventions: To the editors

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2016, Pages e20-e22

  Jakubowski, Aleksandra ^a   Omanga, Eunice ^b   Agot, Kawango ^b   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; UNPROTECTED SEX; ADULT; CONDOM; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; PROSTITUTION; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973161060     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000929     Document Type: Letter

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