Gender differences in hiv and hepatitis c related vulnerabilities among aboriginal young people who use street drugs in two Canadian cities

Women and Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-260

  Mehrabadi, Azar ^a   Paterson, Katharina ^b   Pearce, Margo ^c   Patel, Sheetal ^a   Craib, Kevin J P ^a   Moniruzzaman, Akm ^a   Schechter, Martin T ^a   Spittal, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Haida Nation   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; AIDS; Canada; Drug use; Gender; HCV; Hepatitis C; HIV; Injection; Sex work; Sexual abuse; Women

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849127013     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630240802463186     Document Type: Article

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