Prevalence and correlates of violence against female sex workers in Abuja, Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-313

  Fawole, Olufunmilayo I ^a   Dagunduro, Abosede T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Brothel based sex workers; Female sex workers; Prostitution in Africa; Violence against women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE SEX WORKER; GENDER BASED VIOLENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902327704     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i2.4     Document Type: Article

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