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Violence, dignity and HIV vulnerability: street sex work in Serbia

  1. Milena Simić,
  2. Tim Rhodes

Article first published online: 17 DEC 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01112.x

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Sociology of Health & Illness

Sociology of Health & Illness

Volume 31, Issue 1, pages 1–16, January 2009

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Simić, M. and Rhodes, T. (2009), Violence, dignity and HIV vulnerability: street sex work in Serbia. Sociology of Health & Illness, 31: 1–16. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01112.x

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  1. Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London

*Address for Correspondence: Tim Rhodes, Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT tim.rhodes@lshtm.ac.uk

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  2. Article first published online: 17 DEC 2008

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