A systematic review of the correlates of violence against sex workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Deering, Kathleen N ^a,b   Amin, Avni ^c   Shoveller, Jean ^b   Nesbitt, Ariel ^a,b   Garcia Moreno, Claudia ^c   Duff, Putu ^a,b   Argento, Elena ^a   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; POLICY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEX WORKERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84898648334     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301909     Document Type: Review

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