Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 397-403, April 2008

Injecting drug use is associated with HIV risk perception among Mexican Americans in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, USA

  • E.J. Essien

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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  • G.O. Ogungbade

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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  • D. Ward

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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  • M.E. Fernandez-Esquer

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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  • C.R. Smith

      Affiliations

    • The Valley AIDS Council, Harlingen, TX, USA
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  • L. Holmes Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Community Health, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Texas Medical Center, 1441 Moursund Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Tel.: +17137958351; fax: +17137958383.

Received 17 October 2006; received in revised form 7 May 2007; accepted 16 July 2007.

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PII: S0033-3506(07)00280-6

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.07.023

Public Health
Volume 122, Issue 4 , Pages 397-403, April 2008