Sex- and drug-related risk among populations of younger and older injection drug users in adjacent neighborhoods in San Francisco

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-167

  Kral, Alex H ^a,b,c   Lorvick, Jennifer ^a   Edlin, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV; Homeless; Injection drug user; Overdose; Sex; Youth

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034209942     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-200006010-00011     Document Type: Article

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