The Puerto Rico-New York airbridge for drug users: Description and relationship to HIV risk behaviors

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-254

  Deren, Sherry ^a   Kang, Sung Yeon ^a   Colón, Hector M ^b   Robles, Rafaela R ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Injection drug users; Mobility; New York; Puerto Rican

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33947286095     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-006-9151-5     Document Type: Article

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