Estimating the number of unlicensed brothels operating in Melbourne

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-71

  Chen, Marcus Y ^a   Donovan, Basil ^b   Harcourt, Chris ^b   Morton, Anna ^a   Moss, Lorna ^a   Wallis, Suzanne ^a   Cook, Kay ^c   Batras, Dimitri ^d   Groves, Jan ^e   Tabrizi, Sepehr N ^f   Garland, Suzanne ^f   Fairley, Christopher K ^a  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Inner South Community Health Service   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legislation; Prostitution; Sexually transmitted diseases; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77649230322     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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