Differential HIV risk for racial/ethnic minority trans∗female youths and socioeconomic disparities in housing, residential stability, and education

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages e41-e47

  Wilson, Erin C ^a   Chen, Yea Hung ^a   Arayasirikul, Sean ^a   Fisher, Marla ^a   Pomart, W Andres ^a   Le, Victory ^a   Raymond, H Fisher ^a   McFarland, Willi ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRANSGENDER; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84937399292     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302443     Document Type: Article

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