Sexual risk behavior and substance use among a sample of Asian Pacific Islander transgendered women

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 430-443

  Operario, Don ^a   Nemoto, Tooru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 27744512410     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2005.17.5.430     Document Type: Article

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