Women brothel workers and occupational health risks

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 809-815

  Cwikel, J ^a   Ilan, K ^b   Chudakov, B ^a  

^a Department of Social Work   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ISRAEL;

EID: 0141887628     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.10.809     Document Type: Article

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