Structural barriers to receiving health care services for female sex workers in Russia

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1079-1088

  King, Elizabeth J ^a   Maman, Suzanne ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe, Eastern; health care, access to; HIV AIDS; sex workers

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSMISSION; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EASTERN EUROPE; HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO; HIV/AIDS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REGISTRIES; RUSSIA; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EUROPE, EASTERN; HEALTH CARE, ACCESS TO; HIV/AIDS; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84880126342     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313494854     Document Type: Article

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