The US anti-prostitution pledge: First Amendment challenges and public health priorities

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1158-1161

  Masenior, Nicole Franck ^a   Beyrer, Chris ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LAW; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBMED; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547572023     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040207     Document Type: Review

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