Devising a female sex work typology using data from Karnataka, India

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-448

  Buzdugan, Raluca ^a,b   Copas, Andrew ^a   Moses, Stephen ^b   Blanchard, James ^b   Isac, Shajy ^c   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^b,c   Washington, Reynold ^b,c,d   Halli, Shiva S ^b   Cowan, Frances M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

HIV; India; Sex work; Type of sex work; Typology

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TYPOLOGY;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 77952718596     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp351     Document Type: Article

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