Sex work amongst people who inject drugs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Findings from a national survey of health harms and behaviours

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 429-433

  Croxford, Sara ^a   Platt, Lucy ^b   Hope, Vivian D ^a,b   Cullen, Katelyn J ^a   Parry, John V ^a   Ncube, Fortune ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSAFE SEX; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG USE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX WORKERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84926179658     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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