Street-based female adolescent Puerto Rican sex workers: Contextual issues and health needs

Family and Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 59-71

  Burgos, Margarita ^a   Richter, Donna L ^a   Reininger, Belinda ^a   Coker, Ann L ^a   Saunders, Ruth ^a   Alegria, Margarita ^a   Vera, Mildred ^a  

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Author keywords

Adolescents; Females; Health needs; Puerto rico; Sex workers; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002173599     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199907000-00007     Document Type: Article

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