The female sex work typology in India in the context of HIV/AIDS

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 673-687

  Buzdugan, Raluca ^a   Halli, Shiva S ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female sex work; India; Typology of female sex work

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTITUTION; TYPOLOGY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 67650733290     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02278.x     Document Type: Review

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