HIV Prevention Interventions with Puerto Rican Injection Drug Users

HIV Prevention with Latinos: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Saxe Zerden, Lisa ^a   López, Luz Marilis ^b   Lundgren, Lena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Injection drug users; Puerto ricans; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921744548     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199764303.003.0019     Document Type: Chapter

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