Social and cultural vulnerability to sexually transmitted infection: The work of exotic dancers

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-22

  Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^a   Lewis, Jacqueline ^b   Clark, Jocalyn P ^b   Zubick, Jennifer ^b   Young, Shelley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLICY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032973972     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404092     Document Type: Article

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