HIV prevalence overall and among high-HIV-risk behaviorally defined subgroups among heterosexuals at community-based venues in a mid-atlantic, US city

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 747-757

  Polk, Sarah ^a   Ellen, Jonathan M ^a,b   Fichtenberg, Caroline ^b   Huettner, Steven ^a   Jennings, Jacky M ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adult; Disease transmission; Drug user; Heterosexual; HIV; Infectious; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BALTIMORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881476654     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9776-5     Document Type: Article

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