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Women’s Bodies are Shops”

Beliefs About Transactional Sex and Implications for Understanding Gender Power and HIV Prevention in Tanzania

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ID8359384
AuthorsJoyce Wamoyi (0000-0002-2956-8666, National Institute for Medical Research, corresponding author), Angela Fenwick (0000-0002-5536-5686, University of Southampton), Mark Urassa (0000-0003-0257-6938, National Institute for Medical Research), Basia Zaba (0000-0003-2449-0983, University of London), William Stones (0000-0003-0699-2381, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi)
Year2011
Volume40
Issue1
Pages5-15
Publication date2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchives of Sexual Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0002 • E-ISSN: 1573-2800
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10508-010-9646-8
PMID20652390
OpenAlexW1994950358
LanguageEN
Citations received86
References cited35

Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Power (physics) · Public health · Research methodology · Sex work · Sex workers · Sexual behavior · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Tanzania · Transactional sex · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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