Structural factors associated with an increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infection transmission among street-involved youth

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Marshall, Brandon D L ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Shoveller, Jean A ^b   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849113455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-7     Document Type: Article

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