Increases in noninjection methamphetamine use in men who have sex with men, men who do not have sex with men, and Latino men diagnosed with AIDS in Los Angeles County, 2000 through 2004 [5]

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-603

  Wohl, Amy Rock ^a   Johnson, Denise F ^a   Frye, Douglas M ^a  

^a HIV Epidemiology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548065139     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318093deca     Document Type: Letter

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