Social and sexual network characteristics and concurrent sexual partnerships among urban African American high-risk women with main sex partners

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 882-889

  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; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84863726247     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0030-z     Document Type: Article

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