Correlates of trichomonas prevalence among street-recruited, drug-using women enrolled in a randomized trial

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2203-2220

  Gollub, Erica L ^a   Armstrong, Kay ^b   Boney, Tamara ^c   Mercer, Delinda ^d   Chhatre, Sumedha ^c   Fiore, Danielle ^c   Lavalanet, Antonella ^e   MacKey, Katina ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Private Consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Regional West Medical Center Scottsbluff   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; crack cocaine; sexually transmitted infection; substance use; trichomonas infection; women

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049490196     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.484710     Document Type: Article

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