The health of female sex workers in Hong Kong: Do we care?

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 471-473

  Wong, W C W ^a   Wun, Y T ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Coll of Family Physicians   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTITUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0346724267     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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