'The street's got its advantages': Movement between sectors of the sex industry in a decriminalised environment

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-23

  Abel, Gillian M ^a   Fitzgerald, Lisa J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

public health; risk; risk perception; sex work

Indexed keywords

ACT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; DECRIMINALISED ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAW; NEW ZEALAND; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STREET BASED SEX WORKER;

EID: 84860806882     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.640664     Document Type: Article

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