Contentious issues in research on trafficked women working in the sex industry: Study design, ethics, and methodology

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 306-316

  Cwikel, Julie ^a   Hoban, Elizabeth ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

EID: 28244498694     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490509552286     Document Type: Article

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