Men, prostitution and the provider role: Understanding the intersections of economic exchange, sex, crime and violence in South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b   Morrell, Robert ^c   Sikweyiya, Yandisa ^a   Dunkle, Kristin ^d   Penn Kekana, Loveday ^e  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN'S HEALTH; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOPATHY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864087774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040821     Document Type: Article

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