Public health and the human rights of sex workers

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9373, 2003, Pages 1981-

  Wolffers, Ivan ^a   Van Beelen, Nel ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; VIOLENCE; WORKER;

EID: 0038543130     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13594-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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