Substance abuse, treatment needs and access among female sex workers and non-sex workers in Pretoria, South Africa

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wechsberg, Wendee M ^a,b,c   Wu, Li Tzy ^b   Zule, William A ^a   Parry, Charles D ^d,e   Browne, Felicia A ^a   Luseno, Winnie K ^a   Kline, Tracy ^a   Gentry, Amanda ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 67651250961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-4-11     Document Type: Article

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