Gender differences in hepatitis C infection and risks among persons with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 848-853

  Butterfield, Marian I ^a   Bosworth, Hayden B ^a   Meador, Keith G ^a   Stechuchak, Karen M ^a   Essock, Susan M ^b   Osher, Fred C ^c   Goodman, Lisa A ^d   Swanson, Jeffrey W ^e   Bastian, Lori A ^a   Horner, Ronnie D ^a  

^a DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038012637     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.6.848     Document Type: Article

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