Primary source of income is associated with differences in HIV risk behaviors in street-recruited samples.

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Published in Int J Equity Health on June 17, 2004

Authors

E James Essien1, Michael W Ross, Mark L Williams, Angela F Meshack, Maria E Fernández-Esquer, Ronald J Peters, GO Ogungbade

Author Affiliations

1: The HIV Prevention Research Group, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. EJEssien@uh.edu

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