"Sex Work" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.
| Descriptor ID |
D011477
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.790 I01.880.735.679
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Work- Sex Work
- Work, Sex
- Sex Industry
- Industries, Sex
- Sex Industries
- Prostitution
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Work" by people in Profiles.
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Labor trafficking of children and youth in the United States: A scoping review. Child Abuse Negl. 2022 09; 131:105694.
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Assessing the Impact of Peer Educator Outreach on the Likelihood and Acceleration of Clinic Utilization among Sex Workers. PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159656.
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Intravaginal Practices in Female Sex Workers in Cambodia: A Qualitative Study. Arch Sex Behav. 2016 May; 45(4):935-43.
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HIV, HCV, HBV, HSV, and syphilis prevalence among female sex workers in Tehran, Iran, by using respondent-driven sampling. AIDS Care. 2016; 28(4):487-90.
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Respondent driven sampling for HIV biological and behavioral surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean. AIDS Behav. 2013 Sep; 17(7):2313-40.
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An assessment of sex work in Swaziland: barriers to and opportunities for HIV prevention among sex workers. SAHARA J. 2010 Oct; 7(3):44-50.
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HIV transmission rates in Thailand: evidence of HIV prevention and transmission decline. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Aug; 54(4):430-6.
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The changing face of HIV in China. Nature. 2008 Oct 02; 455(7213):609-11.
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Human immunodeficiency virus infection in a rural community in the United States. Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Sep 15; 160(6):582-8.
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Transsexual prostitution in New Zealand: predominance of persons of Maori extraction. Arch Sex Behav. 1984 Aug; 13(4):301-9.