General health problems of inner-city sex workers: A pilot study

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-71

  Baker, Lynda M ^a   Case, Patricia ^b   Policicchio, Deena L ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Alternative for Girls   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; SOCIAL WELFARE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MORBIDITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RAPE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0037256805     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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