The female sex work industry in a district of India in the context of HIV prevention

AIDS Research and Treatment

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Buzdugan, Raluca ^a,b   Halli, Shiva S ^c   Hiremath, Jyoti M ^d   Jayanna, Krishnamurthy ^c,d,e   Raghavendra, T ^d   Moses, Stephen ^c   Blanchard, James ^c   Scambler, Graham ^a   Cowan, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 84873818217     PISSN: 20901240     EISSN: 20901259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/371482     Document Type: Article

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