Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 403-410 , May 2008

Timing and Duration of Incarceration and High-Risk Sexual Partnerships Among African Americans in North Carolina

  • Maria R. Khan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Maria Khan; National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010. Tel.: 919-306-6368; fax: 917-438-0894.
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  • William C. Miller, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Victor J. Schoenbach, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Sharon S. Weir, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Jay S. Kaufman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • David A. Wohl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • ,
  • Adaora A. Adimora, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Received 21 August 2007 ,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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PII: S1047-2797(08)00004-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.12.003

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 403-410 , May 2008

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