When street sex workers are mothers

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-341

  Sloss, Christine M ^a,b   Harper, Gary W ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mother child separations; Parenting; Pregnancy; Prostitution; Street sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 3342961617     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASEB.0000028886.95568.2b     Document Type: Article

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