Methamphetamine use among newly diagnosed HIV-positive young men in North Carolina, United States, from 2000 to 2005

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Hurt, Christopher B ^a   Torrone, Elizabeth ^b,e   Green, Kelly ^c   Foust, Evelyn ^d   Leone, Peter ^a   Hightow Weidman, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAVEL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 77955336683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011314     Document Type: Article

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