Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 339-345 , April 2006

HIV-related sexual behaviour among migrants and non-migrants in a rural area of China: Role of rural-to-urban migration

  • Z. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
    • ,
  • H. Liu

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: School of Medicine, Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University, 4201 St Antoine, UHC-6D, Detroit, MI 48201-2196, USA. Tel.: +1 313 745 8617; fax: +1 313 745 4993.
    • ,
  • X. Li

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • B. Stanton

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • X. Chen

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

Received 31 March 2005 ,Revised 9 September 2005 ,Accepted 18 October 2005.

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PII: S0033-3506(05)00272-6

doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.016

Public Health
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