Predictors of initiation into prostitution among female street youths

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-595

  Weber, Amy E ^a,d   Boivin, Jean François ^a,b   Blais, Lucie ^c   Haley, Nancy ^b   Roy, Élise ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Dir de la S Pub de Montreal Ctr   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Brit Columbia Ctr for Excellence   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Predictors; Prostitution; Street youths; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; GLUE; ILLICIT DRUG; PHENCYCLIDINE; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TATTOOING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 7644241344     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jth142     Document Type: Article

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