A comparison of drug use between prostitutes and other female arrestees

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 12-25

  Yacoubian Jr , George S ^b   Urbach, Blake J ^b   Larsen, Kristine L ^b   Johnson, Regina J ^b   Peters Jr , Ronald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

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