Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 329-337 , December 2005

Impact of drug treatment on subsequent sexual risk behavior in a multisite cohort of drug-using women: A report from the Women's Interagency HIV Study

  • Mary H. Latka, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA. Tel.: +1 212 822 7284; fax: +1 212 822 6220
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  • Tracey E. Wilson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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  • Judith A. Cook, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Melanie C. Bacon, R.N., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
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  • Jean L. Richardson, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Nancy Sohler, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Mardge H. Cohen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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  • Ruth M. Greenblatt, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • Evie Andreopoulis, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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  • David Vlahov, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Urban Epidemiological Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

Received 9 November 2004 ,Revised 10 July 2005 ,Accepted 23 August 2005.

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PII: S0740-5472(05)00176-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.008

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 329-337 , December 2005

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