Violence, abuse, alcohol and drug use, and sexual behaviors in street children of Greater Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt

AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Nada, Khaled H ^a,b   Suliman, El Daw A ^a,b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Egypt)

^b DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

drug use; Egypt; HIV; sexual behavior; street children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; EGYPT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77954590439     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000386732.02425.d1     Document Type: Article

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