Women inmates' risky sex and drug behaviors: Are they related?

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-149

  Cotten Oldenburg, Niki U ^a,d   Jordan, B Kathleen ^b   Martin, Sandra L ^c   Kupper, Lawrence ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d Minnesota State Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Prisons; Risk factors; Women inmates

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033028141     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ADA-100101850     Document Type: Article

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