Migration status, work conditions and health utilization of female sex workers in three South African Cities

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-17

  Richter, Marlise ^a,b   Chersich, Matthew F ^a,c   Vearey, Jo ^b   Sartorius, Benn ^c   Temmerman, Marleen ^a   Luchters, Stanley ^a,c,d,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condoms; Health care utilization; Migration status; Sex work; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84895049528     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-012-9758-4     Document Type: Article

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