Sex, drugs, and race: How behaviors differentially contribute to the sexually transmitted infection risk network structure

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 322-329

  Adams, Jimi ^a,d   Moody, James ^b   Morris, Martina ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; COLORADO; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872528521     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300908     Document Type: Article

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