The relationship between social network characteristics and exchanging sex for drugs or money among drug users in Baltimore, MD, USA

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 770-775

  Latkin, C A ^a   Hua, W ^a   Forman, V L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; Exchanging sex; HIV AIDS; Injection drug users; Sexual behaviours; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BALTIMORE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0242521450     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/09564620360719831     Document Type: Article

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