Concurrent sexual partnerships among urban African American high-risk women with main sex partners

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-333

  Dolwick Grieb, Suzanne M ^a   Davey Rothwell, Melissa ^a   Latkin, Carl A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Concurrency; HIV AIDS; Sexual networks

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859711877     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9954-6     Document Type: Article

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