Biculturality and HIV-risk behaviors among puerto rican drug users in New York City

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 578-592

  Kang, Sung Yeon ^a   Deren, Sherry ^a   Mino, Milton ^a   Cortés, Dharma E ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Biculturality; HIV related risk behaviors; Puerto Rican migrant drug users

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERTO RICO; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; RISK-TAKING; SELF EFFICACY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 66149167589     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802487341     Document Type: Article

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