Devising a female sex work typology using data from Karnataka, India.

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Published in Int J Epidemiol on December 07, 2009

Authors

Raluca Buzdugan1, Andrew Copas, Stephen Moses, James Blanchard, Shajy Isac, Banadakoppa M Ramesh, Reynold Washington, Shiva S Halli, Frances M Cowan

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, Department of Infection and Population Health, University College London, London, UK. a.buzdugan@ucl.ac.uk

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