Partner Violence and Psychosocial Distress among Female Sex Workers in China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hong, Yan ^a   Zhang, Chen ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^c   Liu, Wei ^d   Zhou, Yuejiao ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876587671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062290     Document Type: Article

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