Sex-for-Crack exchanges: Associations with risky sexual and drug use niches in an urban Canadian city

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Duff, Putu ^a,b   Tyndall, Mark ^c   Buxton, Jane ^b,d   Zhang, Ruth ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a   Shannon, Kate ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; HIV; Sex work; Sexual risk; STI

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN AREA; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84887544219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-29     Document Type: Article

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