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Comparison of Sexual and Drug Use Behaviors Between Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

Thomas L. Patterson Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA; Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Shirley J. Semple Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Miguel Fraga Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico
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Jesus Bucardo Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Adela De La Torre Chicana_o Studies, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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Juan Salazar Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico
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Prisci Orozovich Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
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Hugo Staines Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
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Hortensia Amaro Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Carlos Magis-Rodríguez Ministry of Health, México Censida
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Steffanie A. Strathdee Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Pages 1535-1549 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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