Latent class analysis of polysubstance use, sexual risk behaviors, and infectious disease among South African drug users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-448

  Trenz, Rebecca C ^a   Scherer, Michael ^b   Duncan, Alexandra ^b   Harrell, Paul T ^b   Moleko, Anne Gloria ^c   Latimer, William W ^d  

^a MERCY COLLEGE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV population; Infectious disease; Polysubstance use; ROA; Route of administration; Sexual risk behavior; South Africa; Steady sex partners

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CIGARETTE SMOKE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PROBABILITY; SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; URINALYSIS;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

HIV POPULATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYSUBSTANCE USE; ROA; ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION; SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STEADY SEX PARTNERS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883552337     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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