'It is like a tomato stall where someone can pick what he likes': structure and practices of female sex work in Kampala, Uganda.

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Published in BMC Public Health on August 10, 2013

Authors

Martin Mbonye1, Sarah Nakamanya, Winifred Nalukenge, Rachel King, Judith Vandepitte, Janet Seeley

Author Affiliations

1: MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, P,O, Box 49, Entebbe, Uganda. Janet.seeley@mrcuganda.org.

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