Prevalence and co-occurrence of violence, substance use and disorder, and HIV risk behavior: A comparison of sheltered and low-income housed women in Los Angeles County

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 617-624

  Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a,b   Tucker, Joan S ^a,b   Elliott, Marc N ^a   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a   Perlman, Judy ^a   Becker, Kirsten ^a   Kollross, Crystal ^a   Golinelli, Daniela ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b Drug Policy Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV risk; Homeless; Poverty; Substance disorder; Substance use; Victimization; Violence; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOUSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 4143151640     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.027     Document Type: Article

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