Sexual behaviour, STDs and drug use in a crack house population

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 224-230

  Ross, Michael W ^a   Hwang, Lu Yu ^a   Leonard, Lori ^a   Teng, Ming ^a   Duncan, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Over the Hill Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Crack; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Herpes; HIV; Sexual behaviour treatment; STD; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCER; UNITED STATES; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXAS;

EID: 0032927642     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991913989     Document Type: Article

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