Gender differences in injection-related behaviors among injection drug users in Baltimore, Maryland

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-263

  Latkin, Carl A ^a   Mandell, Wallace ^a   Knowlton, Amy R ^a   Doherty, Meg C ^a   Vlahov, David ^a   Suh, Tongwoo ^a   Celentano, David D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031834216     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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