Associations between childhood maltreatment and sex work in a cohort of drug-using youth

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1214-1221

  Stoltz, Jo Anne Madeleine ^a   Shannon, Kate ^b   Kerr, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Montaner, Julio S ^a   Wood, Evan ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child abuse; Sex work; Street youth; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG USER; PROSTITUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 34547845256     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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