Prevalence and health correlates of prostitution among patients entering treatment for substance use disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-344

  Burnette, Mandi L ^a,c   Lucas, Emma ^b   Ilgen, Mark ^d   Frayne, Susan M ^b,c   Mayo, Julia ^b   Weitlauf, Julie C ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOSIS; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 40349091514     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.3.337     Document Type: Article

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