A descriptive profile of abused female sex workers in India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 211-220

  Panchanadeswaran, Subadra ^a   Johnson, Sethulakshmi C ^b   Sivaram, Sudha ^c   Srikrishnan, A K ^b   Zelaya, Carla ^c   Solomon, Suniti ^b   Go, Vivian F ^c   Celentano, David ^c  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Descriptive studies; HIV; India; Spouse abuse; Violence; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

BATTERED WOMEN; COERCION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSTITUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77955477796     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i3.5546     Document Type: Article

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