Urban crack users: Gender differences in drug use, HIV risk and health status

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 177-189

  Tortu, Stephanie ^a   Goldstein, Marjorie ^a   Deren, Sherry ^a   Beardsley, Mark ^a   Hamid, Rahul ^a   Ziek, Kristine ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031808613     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n01_11     Document Type: Article

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