Perceived risks and benefits of sex work among transgender women of color in San Francisco

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 768-777

  Sausa, Lydia A ^a,c   Keatley, JoAnne ^a   Operario, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Sex work; Transgender; Transsexual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACISM; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRANSVESTISM; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 36849008129     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-007-9210-3     Document Type: Article

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