Prevalence of HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases, and hepatitis and related risk behavior in young women living in low-income neighborhoods of northern California

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 368-373

  Ruiz, Juan D ^a   Molitor, Fred ^b   McFarland, Willi ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey ^c   Lemp, George ^d   Page Shafer, Kimberly ^c   Parikh Patel, Arti ^a   Morrow, Scott ^c   Sun, Richard K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health Seroepidemiology Branch ^*  (United States)

^d Universitywide AIDS Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034084159     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.6.368     Document Type: Article

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