Patterns and Correlates of HIV Testing among Sheltered and Low-Income Housed Women in Los Angeles County

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-422

  Tucker, Joan S ^a   Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hambarsoomian, Katrin ^a   Golinelli, Daniela ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Impoverished women; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RANDOMIZATION; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0344393503     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200312010-00009     Document Type: Article

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