Association between drug use patterns and HIV risks among homeless, runaway, and street youth in Northern California

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 219-227

  Gleghorn, Alice A ^a   Marx, Rani ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^a   Katz, Mitchell H ^a  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use patterns; Homeless; Human immunodeficiency virus; Injection drug use; Prevention; Street youth

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NORTH CAROLINA; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RUNAWAY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0032143104     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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