Strategies to prevent HIV transmission among heterosexual African-American women

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Essien, E James ^a,b,c   Meshack, Angela F ^c   Peters, Ronald J ^c   Ogungbade, G O ^a,c   Osemene, Nora I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18044367709     PISSN: 14759276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-4-4     Document Type: Article

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