"One country, two systems": Sociopolitical implications for female migrant sex workers in Hong Kong

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wong, William C W ^a   Holroyd, Eleanor ^b   Chan, Emily Y ^c   Griffiths, Sian ^c   Bingham, Amie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 58649110997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-8-13     Document Type: Review

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