Substance use and HIV risk in a sample of severely mentally ill Puerto Rican women

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 681-689

  Loue, Sana ^a   Sajatovic, Martha ^a   Mendez, Nancy ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Latinas; Severe mental illness; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755175925     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-011-9452-y     Document Type: Article

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