Women who sell sex in a Ugandan trading town: Life histories, survival strategies and risk

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 179-192

  Gysels, Marjolein ^a   Pool, Robert ^a   Nnalusiba, Betty ^a  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Commercial sex work; HIV AIDS; Life histories; Risks; Survival strategies; Uganda

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; PROSTITUTION; SURVIVAL; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; LITERATURE; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SAFETY; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANECDOTES; COMMERCE; CONDOMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SELF DISCLOSURE; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

UGANDA;

EID: 0036132489     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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