Perception of HIV/AIDS risk among urban, low-income senior-housing residents

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 571-588

  Ward, Elijah G ^a,c   Disch, William B ^b   Levy, Judith A ^a   Schensul, Jean J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Institute for Health Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RISK-TAKING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 11144286382     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.16.6.571.53795     Document Type: Article

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