Crack users, sexual behavior and risk of HIV infection

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-30

  De Azevedo, Renata Cruz Soares ^a,c   Botega, Neury José ^a   Guimarães, Liliana Andolpho Magalhães ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DOM BOSCO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; HIV infections; Prevention; Sexual behavior; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34147156310     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462007000100009     Document Type: Article

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