HIV sexual risk behavior among puerto rican women

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 529-543

  Dixon, Denise ^a   Peters, Michael ^a   Saul, Janet ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PUERTO RICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0042915963     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390199401     Document Type: Article

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