Sexual and drug use risk behaviors of long-haul truck drivers and their commercial sex contacts in New Mexico

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-60

  McCree, Donna Hubbard ^a   Cosgrove, Shannon ^a   Stratford, Dale ^a   Valway, Sarah ^b   Keller, Nick ^b   Vega Hernandez, Jaime ^b   Jenison, Steven A ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDOM; DRIVER; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 74849094102     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500108     Document Type: Article

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