Child sex trafficking in the United States: Challenges for the healthcare provider.

PLoS Med

Stephanie V. Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

Published: November 2017

V. Jordan Greenbaum discusses ways healthcare providers can identify children trafficked for sex to provide for their physical and mental health and their social and educational needs.

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