"Nobody Gives a Damn if I Live or Die": Violence, Drugs, and Street-Level Prostitution in Inner-City Hartford, Connecticut

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-259

  Romero Daza, Nancy ^a   Weeks, Margaret ^b   Singer, Merrill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; HIV risk; Street prostitution; Violence

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIC; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; WITNESS; ADDICTION; ADULT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0141497164     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740306770     Document Type: Article

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