Preventing HIV, eliminating disparities among hispanics in the United States

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Loue, Sana ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health disparities; HIV AIDS; Latinos

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CANNABIS; COCAINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748189735     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9001-2     Document Type: Article

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