Violence, HIV risk behaviour and depression among female sex workers of eastern Nepal

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Sagtani, Reshu Agrawal ^a   Bhattarai, Sailesh ^a   Adhikari, Baikuntha Raj ^a   Baral, Dharanidhar ^a   Yadav, Deepak Kumar ^a   Pokharel, Paras Kumar ^a  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84880408106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002763     Document Type: Article

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