The relationship among marijuana use, prior incarceration, and inmates' self-reported HIV/AIDS risk behaviors

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 995-999

  Braithwaite, Ronald ^a   Stephens, Torrance ^a   Conerly, Rhonda C ^a   Arriola, Kimberly Jacob ^a   Robillard, Alyssa ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Inmates; Marijuana; Prison; Repeat offender

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRISONER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PRISONERS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 3042695409     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.02.049     Document Type: Article

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