Going north: Mexican migrants and their vulnerability to HIV

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Magis Rodriguez C ^a,d   Lemp, G ^b   Hernandez, M T ^b   Sanchez, M A ^b   Estrada, F ^c   Bravo Garcia E ^a  

^a Centro Nacional para la Prevencion Y Control del VIH/SIDA e ITS   (Mexico)

^b University of California Office of the President   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^d NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

HIV; Mexican migrants; Risk behavior; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISPANIC; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149141851     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181a26433     Document Type: Review

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