Trafficked female sex workers awaiting deportation: Comparison with brothel workers

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Cwikel, J ^a   Chudakov, B ^a   Paikin, M ^a   Agmon, K ^a   Belmaker, R H ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; Prostitution; PTSD; Sex workers; Trafficking in women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PRISONERS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 7644227003     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-004-0062-8     Document Type: Article

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