Correlates of HIV antibody testing among a sample of injection drug users: The role of social and contextual factors

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-310

  Tobin, Karin E ^a   Tang, Alice M ^b   Gilbert, Stephanie H ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; injection drug users; social structural factors

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SAMPLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKER;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 5444253787     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AIBE.0000044077.66072.14     Document Type: Review

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