Effects of Sex Work on the Prevalence of Syphilis Among Injection Drug Users in 3 Russian Cities
Author(s) -
Lucy Platt,
Tim Rhodes,
Ali Judd,
Koshkina Ea,
Svetlana Maksimova,
Natalia Latishevskaya,
Adrian Renton,
Tamara McDonald,
John V. Parry
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.069732
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , sex work , treponema , demography , psychological intervention , drug , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , confidence interval , injection drug use , drug injection , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , sociology , electrical engineering , engineering
We examined risk factors for syphilis infection among injection drug users in 3 Russian Federation cities, focusing particular attention on the potential roles of gender and sex work.
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