Sexual and drug use risk behaviors among children and youth in street circumstances in Porto Alegre, Brazil

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2006, Pages

  De Carvalho, Fernanda Torres ^a   Neiva Silva, Lucas ^a   Ramos, Mauro Cunha ^b   Evans, Jennifer ^c   Koller, Sílvia Helena ^a   Piccinini, Cesar Augusto ^a   Page Shafer, Kimberly ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Estudos de Aids/DST do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; HIV; Sexual risk; Street children and youth; Street circumstances; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION RISK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33746931733     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9124-4     Document Type: Article

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