A comparison of the sociodemographic, risk-behavior, and substance-abuse profile of young vs older HIV-infected Puerto Rican patients

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4 SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages

  Fernández, Diana M ^a   Gómez, María de los A ^a   Figueroa, Wanda ^a   Velázquez, Miriam ^a   Báez, Doris V ^a   Ríos Olivares, Eddy ^a   Hunter, Robert F ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Early infection; HIV AIDS; Puerto Ricans

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUERTO RICO; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 29244441145     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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