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Sex Work Among Students of Higher Education: A Survey-Based, Cross-Sectional Study

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte (CC15), Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany

    Felix Betzer & Stephan Köhler

  2. Department of Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Ludwig Schlemm

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Betzer, F., Köhler, S. & Schlemm, L. Sex Work Among Students of Higher Education: A Survey-Based, Cross-Sectional Study. Arch Sex Behav 44, 525–528 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0476-y

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