Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , August 2009

Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors in Perinatally Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Exposed Youth: Roles of Caregivers, Peers and HIV Status

  • Katherine S. Elkington, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Katherine S. Elkington, Ph.D., HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Box 15, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032.
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  • Jose A. Bauermeister, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Behavior & Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arber
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Brackis-Cott, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Columbia University, New York, New York
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  • Curtis Dolezal, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Columbia University, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Claude A. Mellins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute, and Columbia University, New York, New York

Received 5 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 January 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00049-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.01.004

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , August 2009

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