Intimate partner violence among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities: Partner characteristics and hiv risk behaviors as correlates of abuse

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-325

  Ulibarri, Monica D ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Lozada, Remedios ^c   Magis Rodriguez, Carlos ^d   Amaro, Hortensia ^e   O'Campo, Patricia ^f   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

^d Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

female sex workers; HIV risk; intimate partner violence; Mexican women

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651343379     PISSN: 19429681     EISSN: 1942969X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017500     Document Type: Article

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