New York inmates' HIV risk behaviors: The implications for prevention policy and programs

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1211-1215

  Mahon, Nancy ^a,b  

^a Osborne Association   (United States)

^b OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029809840     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.9.1211     Document Type: Article

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