Network structure and the risk for HIV transmission among rural drug users

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2341-2351

  Young, A M ^a,b   Jonas, A B ^c   Mullins, U L ^a   Halgin, D S ^c   Havens, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Injection drug users; Rural; Social network analysis; Sociometric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPALACHIAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL FACILITATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882606324     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0371-2     Document Type: Article

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