Sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics of African-American women with HIV and AIDS in Los Angeles County, 1990-1997

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Wohl, Amy Rock ^a   Lu, Sharon ^a   Odem, Sylvia ^a   Sorvillo, Frank ^a   Pegues, Clare F ^a   Kerndt, Peter R ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Black women; Crack cocaine; Race; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032402311     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199812010-00014     Document Type: Article

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