Intersecting Epidemics Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 21, 1994, Pages 1422-1427

  Edlin, Brian R ^a   Irwin, Kathleen L ^a   Holmberg, Scott D ^a,b   Faruque, Sairus ^b   Serrano, Yolanda ^b   McCoy, Clyde B ^c   Word, Carl ^d   Inciardi, James A ^e   Bowser, Benjamin P ^f   Schilling, Robert F ^g  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Association Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Bayview Hunter's Point Foundation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRACK COCAINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0028007210     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199411243312106     Document Type: Article

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