Sexually transmitted infections clinics as strategic venues for targeting high risk populations for HIV research and sexual health interventions

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Clatts, Michael C ^a   Rodríguez Díaz, Carlos E ^a   García, Hermes ^b   Vargas Molina, Ricardo L ^a   Colón López, Vivian ^a,c   Pérez Rios, Naydi ^a   Goldsamt, Lloyd ^d   Jovet Toledo, Gerardo G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^b Centro Latinoamericano de Enfermedades de Transmisión Sexual CLETS   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Community research methods; Health disparities; Health promotion; HIV; Puerto rico; Sexually transmitted infections; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 80052439351     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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