Intersecting Epidemics -- Crack Cocaine Use and HIV Infection among Inner-City Young Adults
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- 24 November 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 331 (21) , 1422-1427
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199411243312106
Abstract
The smoking of “crack” cocaine is thought to be associated with high-risk sexual practices that accelerate the spread of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We studied 2323 young adults, 18 to 29 years of age, who smoked crack regularly or who had never smoked crack. The study participants, recruited from the streets of inner-city neighborhoods in New York, Miami, and San Francisco, were interviewed and tested for HIV. This report presents the findings for the 1967 participants (85 percent) who had never injected drugs.Keywords
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