Sexual risk among impoverished women: Understanding the role of housing status

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a   Tucker, Joan S ^a   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Homelessness; Housing; Sexual risk; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 35449000115     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9193-4     Document Type: Article

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