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On becoming a prostitute: An exploratory case‐comparison study

John J. Potterat Director of the Venereal Disease Program, El Paso County Health Department, 501 North Foote Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO, 80909
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Lynanne Phillips Quality Control Nurse at Peak Health, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Richard B. Rothenberg Director, New York State Health Department, Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention, Albany, New York
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William W. Darrow Research Sociologist at the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
Pages 329-335 | Accepted 20 Mar 1984, Published online: 11 Jan 2010

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Marie Chantal Ingabire, Kirstin Mitchell, Nienke Veldhuijzen, Marie Michelle Umulisa, Jeanine Nyinawabega, Evelyne Kestelyn, Minouk Van Steijn, Janneke Van De Wijgert & Robert Pool. (2012) Joining and leaving sex work: experiences of women in Kigali, Rwanda. Culture, Health & Sexuality 14:9, pages 1037-1047.
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