Adolescent female sex workers: Invisibility, violence and HIV

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 478-481

  Silverman, Jay G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGEISM; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANILINGUS; AUTHORITY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; ECTOPIC ORGAN; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN NEEDS; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LAW; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; THAILAND; UNSAFE SEX; VAGINAL INJURY; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CRIME VICTIMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79954578340     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.178715     Document Type: Review

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