Meeting the health care needs of female crack users: A Canadian example

Women and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Butters, Jennifer ^a   Erickson, Patricia G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack; Drug use; Health care; Prostitution; Stigma; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; PROSTITUTION;

ADULT; CANADA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROSTITUTION; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0038389611     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v37n03_01     Document Type: Article

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