Seroprevalence and risk factors for HIV infection among incarcerated men in Sorocaba, Brazil

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-128

  Marins, Jose Ricardo ^a   Page Shafer, Kimberly ^b   De Azevedo Barros, Marilisa Berti ^a   Hudes, Esther Sid ^b   Chen, Sanny ^b   Hearst, Norman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Prevalence; Prison

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 0034038032     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009501227346     Document Type: Article

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