Injection drug use and risk of HIV transmission among homeless men with mental illness

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 794-798

  Susser, Ezra ^a   Miller, Maureen ^b   Valencia, Elie ^b   Colson, Paul ^b   Roche, Brenda ^b   Conover, Sarah ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029951590     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.6.794     Document Type: Article

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