Trade circles: Aspirations and ethnicity in commercial sex in Laos

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Lyttleton, Chris ^a   Vorabouth, Sisouvanh ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Norwegian Church Aid ^*  (Laos)

Author keywords

commercial sex; development; ethnic minorities; health risks; Khmu; Laos

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MOTIVATION; PROSTITUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956084216     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.562307     Document Type: Article

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