The mental health of female sex workers

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  Rossler W ^a,c   Koch, U ^a   Lauber, C ^b   Hass, A K ^a   Altwegg, M ^a   Ajdacic Gross, V ^a   Landolt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; epidemiology; mental disorders; prostitution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954321340     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01533.x     Document Type: Article

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