Prevalence and correlates of sexual risk among male and female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 367-383

  Katsulis, Yasmina ^a   Durfee, Alesha ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

condom use; gender; Mexico; sex work; sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEXICO; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84859487275     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.656672     Document Type: Article

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