HIV risks in a homeless population

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 509-515

  Lee, Doohee ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   Mizwa, Michael ^b   Scott, Deborah P ^c  

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

^b AIDS Foundation Houston   (United States)

^c Sage Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; HIV AIDS; Homeless; Knowledge; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0033865124     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001916416     Document Type: Article

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