Health indicators among low income women who report a history of sex work: The population based Northern California Young Women's Survey

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 428-433

  Cohan, D L ^b   Kim, A ^c   Ruiz, J ^d   Morrow, S ^e   Reardon, J ^f   Lynch, M ^f   Klausner, J D ^c   Molitor, F ^g   Allen, B ^h   Ajufo, B Green ^h   Ferrero, D ⁱ   Sanford, G Bell ⁱ   Page Shafer, K ^j   Delgado, V ^c   McFarland, Willi ^a,c,j  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e County of San Mateo Department of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^f Public Health Division   (United States)

^g ETR ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^h Alameda County Department of Public Health   (United States)

ⁱ S Joaquin Co Mental Hlth Services   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 27144484888     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.013482     Document Type: Article

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