Street Youth in Los Angeles: Profile of a Group at High Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 513-519

  Kipke, Michele D ^a   O'connor, Susan ^a   Palmer, Ray ^a   Mackenzie, Richard G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMAN; LOS ANGELES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029068997     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1995.02170180043006     Document Type: Article

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