Predictors of HIV infection among women drug users in New York and Miami

Women and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 191-204

  Tortu, Stephanie ^a   McCoy, H Virginia ^b   Beardsley, Mark ^a   Deren, Sherry ^a   McCoy, Clyde B ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0031835869     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v27n01_12     Document Type: Article

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