Intimate partner violence against female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-230

  Pack, Allison P ^a   L'Engle, Kelly ^a   Mwarogo, Peter ^a   Kingola, Nzioki ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

alcohol; child abuse; female sex workers; gender norms; intimate partner violence; Kenya

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896545151     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.857046     Document Type: Article

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