Posttraumatic stress disorder and HIV risk among poor, inner-city women receiving care in an emergency department

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-127

  El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Gilbert, Louisa ^a   Vinocur, Danielle ^b   Chang, Mingway ^a   Wu, Elwin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78650917253     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.181842     Document Type: Article

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