Gender differences in the rates and correlates of hiv risk behaviors among drug abusers

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2444-2469

  Brooks, Audrey ^a   Meade, Christina S ^b,c,d   Potter, Jennifer Sharpe ^c,d,e   Lokhnygina, Yuliya ^f   Calsyn, Donald A ^g,h   Greenfield, Shelly F ^c,d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; HIV risk behavior; sex risk; substance user treatment; women

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049453429     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.490928     Document Type: Article

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