Homelessness among a cohort of women in street-based sex work: The need for safer environment interventions

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Duff, Putu ^a,b   Deering, Kathleen ^a,b   Gibson, Kate ^c   Tyndall, Mark ^a   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WISH Drop In Centre Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80051584910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-643     Document Type: Article

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