Sex trading and psychological distress in a street-based sample of low-income urban men

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-267

  El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Schilling, Robert F ^a   Gilbert, Louisa ^a   Faruque, Sairus ^b   Irwin, Kathleen L ^c   Edlin, Brian R ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Assoc Drug Abuse Prev and Treatm   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Sex trading; Urban men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034231958     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2000.10400448     Document Type: Article

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