A prospective study of syphilis and HIV infection among injection drug users receiving methadone in the Bronx, NY

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1112-1115

  Gourevitch, Marc N ^a,d   Hartel, Diana ^a   Schoenbaum, Ellie E ^a   Selwyn, Peter A ^a,b   Davenny, Katherine ^a,c   Friedland, Gerald H ^a,b   Klein, Robert S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029777475     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1112     Document Type: Article

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