Constituting the unsafe: Nigerian sex workers' notions of unsafe sexual conduct

African Studies Review

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 29-49

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke O ^a,b  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

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EID: 43349088715     PISSN: 00020206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/arw.2008.0025     Document Type: Article

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