HIV risk and prevention among hispanic immigrants in New York: The salience of diversity

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 254-263

  Deren, Sherry ^a   Shedlin, Michele ^a   Kang, Sung Yeon ^b   Cortées, Dharma E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

drug use; Hispanics; HIV; HIV risk; immigrants; interculturality; migrants; protective factors; risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PUERTO RICO; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG USERS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79951563925     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.523215     Document Type: Article

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