Hidden in the light: Occupational norms among crack-using street-level sex workers

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-173

  Maher, Lisa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; PROSTITUTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029929424     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269602600109     Document Type: Review

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