Suboptimal access to primary healthcare among street-based sex workers in southwest Switzerland

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1053, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Anna Darling, Katharine Elizabeth ^a   Gloor, Elodie ^b   Ansermet Pagot, Anne ^c   Vaucher, Paul ^b   Durieux Paillard, Sophie ^d   Bodenmann, Patrick ^b   Cavassini, Matthias ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Association Fleur de Pavé   (Switzerland)

^d GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL PROCEDURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND;

SEXUAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX WORKERS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84879171220     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-131001     Document Type: Article

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