Prostitution in Riga, Latvia - A socio-medical matter of concern

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-86

  Kurova, Tatjana ^a   Shoubnikova, Marina ^a,b   Malceva, Aleksandra ^a   Mårdh, Per Anders ^b,c  

^a Semmes Health Care Centre   (Latvia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Clinical Bacteriology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Prostitution; Sexually transmitted diseases; Socioeconomy

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG ABUSE; ECTOPARASITE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; LATVIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031965639     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016349808565818     Document Type: Article

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