Sexual risk factors for HIV and violence among Puerto Rican women in New York City

Health and Social Work

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Moreno, Claudia L ^a   Morrill, Allison C ^b   El Bassel, Nabila ^c  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Capacities   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hispanics; HIV AIDS; Intimate partner violence; Latinas; Sexual risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POVERTY; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; POVERTY AREAS; PUERTO RICO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 79960056416     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/36.2.87     Document Type: Article

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