Leaving sex work: Barriers, facilitating factors and consequences for female sex workers in northern Thailand

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-52

  Manopaiboon, Chomnad ^a   Bunnell, R E ^b   Kilmarx, P H ^a,b   Chaikummao, S ^a   Limpakarnjanarat, K ^a   Supawitkul, S ^a   St Louis, M E ^b   Mastro, T D ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; THAILAND; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0037304833     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/012021000039743     Document Type: Article

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