Gender differences in high risk sexual behaviors and injection practices associated with perceived HIV risk among injection drug users

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 384-394

  Mitchell, Mary M ^a   Latimer, William W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69349098977     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.4.384     Document Type: Article

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