Structural factors influencing patterns of drug selling and use and HIV risk in the San Salvador Metropolitan area

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-181

  Dickson Gomez, Julia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Drug selling sites; Drug use sites; El Salvador; HIV; Structural factors

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EL SALVADOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

BEHAVIOR; CRACK COCAINE; EL SALVADOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77954609547     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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