What happens to women who sell sex? Report of a unique occupational cohort

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 413-417

  Ward, Helen ^a   Day, S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33750049071     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.020982     Document Type: Article

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