The African-American Health Project (AAHP): Study overview and select findings on high risk behaviors and psychiatric disorders in African American men

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-196

  Myers, Hector F ^a,b   Satz, Paul ^a   Miller, Bruce E ^c   Bing, Eric G ^a,b,d   Evans, Gwen ^a,b   Richardson, Mark A ^a,b   Forney, David ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^d   Saxton, Ernestina ^e   D'Elia, Louis ^a   Longshore, Douglas ^a   Mena, Ismael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; AIDS; Ethnicity; HIV; Psychiatric disorders; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 9844226211     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961827     Document Type: Article

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