Sexual health knowledge and practices and STI/HIV prevalence among long-distance truck drivers in Peru

Objectives: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections remain a challenge globally and many key groups have yet to be studied. Evidence shows that truck drivers may have high-risk behaviors and higher sexually transmitted infection/HIV prevalence because they are a highly mobile population. Howev...

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Published in:	SAGE Open Medicine
Main Authors:	Patricía J García, Boris Fazio, Angela M Bayer, Aldo G Lizarraga, Marina Chiappe, Sayda La Rosa, Marcela Lazo, Lorena López, María Valderrama, César P Cárcamo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SAGE Publishing 2017-12-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312117746308

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