High-Risk Behaviors in Women Who Use Crack: Knowledge of HIV Serostatus and Risk Behavior

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 533-539

  Brewer, Toye H ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Metsch, Lisa R ^a   Coltes, Amanda ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack Cocaine; HIV Infection; Risk Reduction Behavior; Sexual Behavior

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDOMS; CRACK COCAINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34250729621     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.01.029     Document Type: Article

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