Sexual assault in the lives of urban sex workers: A descriptive and comparative analysis

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 79-96

  Du Mont, Janice ^a   McGregor, Margaret J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health services; Prostitutes; Rape; Sex workers; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL CRIME; URBAN POPULATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 11244294679     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n03_06     Document Type: Article

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