Examining links between cocaine use and street-based sex work in New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-114

  Degenhardt, Louisa ^a,b   Day, Carolyn ^a   Conroy, Elizabeth ^a   Gilmour, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICE; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646819613     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490609552305     Document Type: Article

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