AIDS risk perception among women drug users in Hartford, CT

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 67-85

  Singer, Merrill ^a   Dai, Hanteng ^a   Weeks, Margaret R ^b   Malave, Dorca ^a  

^a HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031809147     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n01_05     Document Type: Article

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