"right here is the gateway": Mobility, sex work entry and HIV risk along the Mexico-US border

International Migration

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 26-40

  Goldenberg, S M ^a   Silverman, J G ^a   Engstrom, D ^c   Bojorquez Chapela, I ^b   Strathdee, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA NORTE   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMIGRATION POLICY; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFICKING; WOMENS HEALTH;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN DIEGO; TIJUANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904730022     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12104     Document Type: Article

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