Exploring an HIV paradox: An ethnography of sexual minority women injectors

Journal of Lesbian Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 103-116

  Young, Rebecca M ^a   Friedman, Samuel R ^b   Case, Patricia ^c  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Drug use; Injection; Intersectionality; Lesbian; Women and HIV

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33745871189     PISSN: 10894160     EISSN: 15403548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J155v09n03_10     Document Type: Article

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