"At risk" women who think that they have no chance of getting HIV: Self-assessed perceived risks

Women and Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 47-63

  Klein, Hugh ^a,c   Elifson, Kirk W ^b   Sterk, Claire E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Perceived risk; Substance use; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0346957264     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v38n02_04     Document Type: Article

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