Sexual risk behaviours of Puerto Rican drug users in East Harlem New York and Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-35

  Oliver Velez, Denise ^a   Deren, Sherry ^a   Finlinson, Ann ^b   Shedlin, Michele ^a   Robles, Rafaela R ^b   Andia, Jonny ^a   Colón, Hector M ^b   Kang, Sung Yeon ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037254387     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713804636     Document Type: Article

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