Primary source of income is associated with differences in HIV risk behaviors in street-recruited samples

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Essien, E James ^a,b   Ross, Michael W ^b   Williams, Mark L ^b   Meshack, Angela F ^b   Fernández Esquer, Maria E ^b   Peters, Ronald J ^b   Ogungbade, G O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Asians; Hispanics; HIV; Income; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX ROLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13444293147     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-3-5     Document Type: Article

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