Characteristics of female sex workers with US clients in two Mexico-US border cities

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-268

  Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Lozada, Remedios ^b   Semple, Shirley J ^a   Orozovich, Prisci ^a   Pu, Minya ^a   Staines Orozco, Hugo ^c   Fraga Vallejo, Miguel ^d   Amaro, Hortensia ^e   Delatorre, Adela ^f   Magis Rodríguez, Carlos ^g   Patterson, Thomas L ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^h VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 42949100245     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31815b0     Document Type: Article

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