Risk of Sexually Transmitted Disease Among Black Adolescent Crack Users in Oakland and San Francisco, Calif

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 263, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 851-855

  Fullilove, Robert E ^a,b   Fullilove, Mindy Thompson ^a,b   Bowser, Benjamin P ^b,c   Gross, Shirley A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Bayview—Hunter’s Point Foundation for Community Improvement ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CRACK; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLACKS; CALIFORNIA; COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025176580     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03440060097039     Document Type: Article

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