Overview of HIV among injection drug users in New York city: Critical next steps to eliminate racial/ethnic disparities

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 285-294

  Amesty, Silvia ^a,b,c   Rivera, Alexis V ^b   Fuller, Crystal M ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

disease burden; racial disparities; risk behaviors; structural factors; structural interventions

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDLE SHARING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 79951566361     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.523287     Document Type: Article

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