Heterosexual transmission of hepatitis C, hepatitis B, and HIV-1 in a sample of inner-city women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 338-342

  Feldman, Joseph G ^a   Minkoff, Howard ^a,b   Landesman, Sheldon ^a   Dehovitz, Jack ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033946168     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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