HIV Prevalence, Risk Behaviors, and High-Risk Sexual and Injection Networks among Young Women Injectors Who Have Sex with Women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 902-906

  Friedman, Samuel R ^a   Ompad, Danielle C ^b   Maslow, Carey ^a   Young, Rebecca ^a   Case, Patricia ^c   Hudson, Sharon M ^d   Diaz, Theresa ^b,e   Morse, Edward ^f   Bailey, Susan ^g   Des Jarlais, Don C ^a,h   Perlis, Theresa ^a   Hollibaugh, Amber ⁱ   Garfein, Richard S ^e  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Health Research Association   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LESBIAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEEDLE SHARING; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0037564805     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.902     Document Type: Article

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