HIV infection and risk behavior of hispanic farm workers at the West Texas-Mexico border

Ethnicity and Disease

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

  Varela Ramirez, Armando ^a   Mejia, Adrian ^a   Garcia, David ^b   Bader, Julia ^a   Aguilera, Renato J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b Hand and Microsurgery Center of El Paso   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Hispanic; HIV; Migrant workers; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 29244469411     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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