Substance Use, Violence, and HIV Risk Behavior in El Salvador and the United States: Cross-National Profiles of the SAVA Syndemic

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 95-116

  Salas Wright, Christopher P ^a   Olate, Rene ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Salvador; sexual risk behavior; substance use; syndemics; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921543039     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564886.2014.940435     Document Type: Article

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