Sex work and risky sexual behaviors among foreign entertainment workers in urban singapore: Findings from mystery client survey

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1031-1044

  Wong, Mee Lian ^a   Chan, Roy ^a,b   Tan, Hiok Hee ^b   Yong, Eunice ^c   Lee, Lionel ^d   Cutter, Jeffrey ^e   Tay, Joanne ^e   Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^d Action for AIDS   (Singapore)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Condom use; Foreign entertainment workers; Mystery clients; Screening; Selling sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878485585     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9723-5     Document Type: Article

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