Open AccessThe Relationship of Cocaine Use and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Serostatus to Incident Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Women
Author(s) -
Tracey E. Wilson,
Howard Minkoff,
Jack DeHovitz,
Joseph Feldman,
Sheldon Landesman
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/00007435-199802000-00003
Subject(s) - serostatus , medicine , condom , gonorrhea , chlamydia , demography , sexually transmitted disease , incidence (geometry) , chlamydia trachomatis , obstetrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , immunology , syphilis , viral load , physics , sociology , optics
To assess the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in a group of heterosexual women as a function of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) serostatus and to ascertain the effect of crack cocaine use on these relationships.