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Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine: Women’s experiences of economic burden

Lisa Lazarusa Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nicole Herpaia Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;b Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-0589View further author information
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Daria Pavlovac Ukrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko, Kyiv, UkraineORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1461-9616View further author information
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Maureen A. Murneyd Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5959-5841View further author information
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Olga Balakirevac Ukrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko, Kyiv, Ukraine;e Institute for Economics and Forecasting, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, UkraineORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0790-7142View further author information
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Tatiana Tarasovac Ukrainian Institute for Social Research after Oleksandr Yaremenko, Kyiv, UkraineView further author information
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Leigh McClartya Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-2768View further author information
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Michael Picklesa Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;f Medical Research Council Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6754-3945View further author information
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Sharmistha Mishrag MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada;h Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;i Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada;j Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8492-5470View further author information
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Evelyn Forgetb Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaView further author information
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Marissa Beckera Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;b Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9235-0547View further author information
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Rob Lorwaya Institute for Global Public Health, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada;b Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-8832View further author information
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Article: 2092187 | Received 12 Nov 2021, Accepted 30 May 2022, Published online: 27 Jun 2022

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