Management of sex workers and other high-risk groups

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 322-328

  Spice, William ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Health care; Sex workers

Indexed keywords

CAREER; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; JOB SATISFACTION; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34547869771     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm045     Document Type: Review

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