Rates and correlates of HIV and STI infection among homeless women

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 856-864

  Caton, Carol L M ^a,b   El Bassel, Nabila ^a   Gelman, Andrew ^a   Barrow, Susan ^b   Herman, Daniel ^c   Hsu, Eustace ^d   Tochterman, Ana Z ^b   Johnson, Karen ^a   Felix, Alan ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Homeless women; STI

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84880826639     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0198-x     Document Type: Article

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