Sexual and health behaviour of commercial sex workers in benin city, edo state, nigeria

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-345

  Asowa Omorodion, Francisca Isi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034211632     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993300245186     Document Type: Article

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