Predictors of sexual risk-taking among new drug users

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 318-327

  Elifson, Kirk W ^a   Klein, Hugh ^a   Sterk, Claire E ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILDHOOD; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGLECT; PARANOIA; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33845940954     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490609552331     Document Type: Article

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