HIV and AIDS among Adolescents in the United States: Increasing Risk in the 1990s.

Bowler, Suzanne; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ456871

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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HIV and AIDS among Adolescents in the United States: Increasing Risk in the 1990s.

Bowler, Suzanne; And Others

Journal of Adolescence, v15 n4 p345-71 Dec 1992

Examines recent data on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) surveillance and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence; surveys on teenagers' knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS; key treatment issues; and barriers to prevention to review the problem and propose possible ways of combating it. Notes that data suggest substantially increased heterosexual epidemic in 1990s. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drug Use, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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