Prevalence of male clients of street prostitute women in the United States

Human Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-356

  Brewer, Devon D ^a   Roberts Jr , John M ^b   Muth, Stephen Q ^c   Potterat, John J ^d  

^a Interdisciplinary Scientific Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Quintus ential Solutions   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Measurement; Prostitution; Self report; Survey

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; PROSTITUTION; SURVEY; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS STATUS;

COLORADO; COLORADO SPRINGS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55849150159     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.67.3.dw51q11421077062     Document Type: Article

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