Risks associated with crack cocaine smoking among exotic dancers in Baltimore, MD

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 249-252

  Sherman, Susan G ^a   Reuben, Jacqueline ^a   Chapman, Chris Serio ^b   Lilleston, Pamela ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine smokers; Exotic dancers; Female sex workers; HIV risk

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BALTIMORE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952696968     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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