Enumeration of Sex Workers in the Central Business District of Nairobi, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kimani, Joshua ^a,b   McKinnon, Lyle R ^b,c   Wachihi, Charles ^a   Kusimba, Judith ^a   Gakii, Gloria ^a   Birir, Sarah ^d   Muthui, Mercy ^e   Kariri, Anthony ^a   Muriuki, Festus K ^a   Muraguri, Nicholas ^d   Musyoki, Helgar ^d   Ball, T Blake ^a,b,f   Kaul, Rupert ^b,c   Gelmon, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation   (Kenya)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NIGHT WORK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; PROSTITUTION; WORKPLACE;

DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84872837023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054354     Document Type: Article

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