HIV infection and patterns of risk among women drug injectors and crack users in low and high sero-prevalence sites

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-76

  Tortu, Stephanie ^a,d   Beardsley, M ^a   Deren, S ^a   Williams, M ^e   McCoy, H V ^a   Stark, M ^b   Estrada, A ^c   Goldstein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033979711     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120047486     Document Type: Article

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