Comparison of sexual and drug use behaviors between female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1535-1549

  Patterson, Thomas L ^a,b,i   Semple, Shirley J ^a   Fraga, Miguel ^c   Bucardo, Jesus ^a   Torre, Adela De La ^d   Salazar, Juan ^e   Orozovich, Prisci ^f   Staines, Hugo ^f   Amaro, Hortensia ^g   Magis Rodríguez, Carlos ^h   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^g NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Female sex workers; Heroin; HIV; Methamphetamine; Mexico; Sexual tourism; STI; Unprotected sex; Zones of tolerance

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; TRANQUILIZER; VITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; MEXICO; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33749156173     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080600847852     Document Type: Article

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