Individual and neighborhood correlates of membership in drug using networks with a higher prevalence of HIV in New York City (2006-2009)

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 267-274

  Rudolph, Abby E ^a   Crawford, Natalie D ^b   Latkin, Carl ^c   Fowler, James H ^d   Fuller, Crystal M ^e  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; HIV; Inequality; Neighborhoods; Networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84876903656     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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