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Demography and sex work characteristics of female sex workers in India

BACKGROUND: The majority of sex work in India is clandestine due to unfavorable legal environment and discrimination against female sex workers (FSWs). We report data on who these women are and when they get involved with sex work that could assist in increasing the reach of HIV prevention activitie...

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Autores principales:	Dandona, Rakhi, Dandona, Lalit, Kumar, G Anil, Gutierrez, Juan Pablo, McPherson, Sam, Samuels, Fiona, Bertozzi, Stefano M
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2006
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1468426/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16615869 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-698X-6-5

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