Correlates of Early versus Later Initiation into Sex Work in Two Mexico-U.S. Border Cities

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-44

  Loza, Oralia ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^a   Lozada, Remedios ^b   Staines, Hugo ^c   Ojeda, Victoria D ^a   Martínez, Gustavo A ^d   Amaro, Hortensia ^e   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Patronato Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^d Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones Privadas ^*  (Mexico)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Drug use; Female sex workers; Migration; Prostitution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALANT ABUSE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72149085734     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.011     Document Type: Article

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