Associations between sex work laws and sex workers' health: A systematic review and meta-analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies.
<h4>Background</h4>Sex workers are at disproportionate risk of violence and sexual and emotional ill health, harms that have been linked to the criminalisation of sex work. We synthesised evidence on the extent to which sex work laws and policing practices affect sex workers' safety...
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| Main Authors: | Lucy Platt, Pippa Grenfell, Rebecca Meiksin, Jocelyn Elmes, Susan G Sherman, Teela Sanders, Peninah Mwangi, Anna-Louise Crago |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-12-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002680 |
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