Occupational Hazards and Coping Strategies of Sex Workers in Southwestern Nigeria

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-149

  Popoola, Bayode Isaiah ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUSTRY; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NIGERIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872412826     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2011.646366     Document Type: Article

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