Female sex workers in Africa: Epidemiology overview, data gaps, ways forward

Sahara J

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 148-153

  Ngugi, Elizabeth N ^a   Roth, Eric ^b   Mastin, Theresa ^c   Nderitu, Mary G ^d   Yasmin, Seema ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Arizona College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84870794048     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2012.743825     Document Type: Article

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