The gender ratio imbalance and its relationship to risk of HIV/AIDS among African American women at historically black colleges and universities

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 323-331

  Owens Ferguson, Y ^a,c   Crouse Quinn, S ^b   Eng, E ^a   Sandelowski, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33646914179     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500162122     Document Type: Article

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