Prevalence of HIV risk behaviors among undocumented central american immigrant women in houston, Texas

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1641-1648

  Montealegre, Jane R ^a,c   Risser, Jan M ^a   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   McCurdy, Sheryl A ^a   Sabin, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central American immigrants; HIV behavioral surveys; HIV risk; Respondent driven sampling; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONDOMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865179066     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0130-9     Document Type: Article

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