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MeSH Heading: Sex Work
Tree Number(s): F01.145.802.790; I01.880.735.679
Unique ID: D011477
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011477
Scope Note: The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.
Entry Term(s): Commercial Sex; Prostitution; Sex Industry
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/05/10

Allowable Qualifiers: ethnology (EH)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Concept UI: M0017840
Scope Note: The act or practice of engaging in sexual relations for money or other benefit.
Terms: Sex Work Preferred Term
Term UI T000905199
Date08/09/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Prostitution
Term UI T033900
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1963); Commercial Sex
Term UI T001095460
Date01/22/2021
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Sex Industry
Term UI T000899384
Date04/20/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

Sex Work MeSH Descriptor Data 2024