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1029800
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b784170
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Main Entry
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Campbell, Carole A.
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Title & Author
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Women, families, and HIV/AIDS : : a sociological perspective on the epidemic in America /\ Carole A. Campbell.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 1999.
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Page. NO
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xi, 257 pages ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0521562112
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: 0521566797
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: 9780521562119
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: 9780521566797
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-245) and index.
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Contents
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Epidemiology, risk/transmission, and natural history of HIV disease in women and children -- Female reproductive health and sexuality -- Women at risk: drug use and prostitution -- Gender, culture, race, and class -- Men, gender roles, and sexuality -- Women, motherhood, and the family -- Women, families, and HIV/AIDS.
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Abstract
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What has been the impact of this disease on women and on families? This book offers the first comprehensive sociological explanation.
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Women are contracting HIV through heterosexual transmission faster than by any other means of transmission, including injection drug use. How did female cases in the United States grow from 43 in 1983 to over 2, 000 times that number 14.
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Women make up 16 percent of total AIDS cases in the United States today, and the number of women with HIV disease is now growing at a faster rate than that of men.
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Years later? What factors have influenced the course of the epidemic for women?
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Subject
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Börngen, ...
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University of South Alabama
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Subject
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AIDS (Disease)-- Social aspects-- United States.
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HIV infections-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Infections à VIH-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
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Sida-- Aspect social-- États-Unis.
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AIDS (Disease)-- Social aspects-- United States.
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AIDS (Disease)-- Social aspects.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Environnement social-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Familienbeziehung
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Geschlechterverhältnis
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Gesundheitsverhalten
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HIV infections-- Social aspects-- United States.
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HIV infections-- Social aspects.
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HIV-Infektion
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Infections à VIH-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Kongress
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Relations familiales-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Santé des femmes-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Syndrome d'immunodéficience acquise-- Psychologie-- États Unis d'Amérique.
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Frau.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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HIV Infections.
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Social Environment.
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Family Health.
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Women.
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United States.
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United States.
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USA.
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Dewey Classification
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362.1/969792/00973
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LC Classification
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RA644.A25C3627 1999
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NLM classification
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1999 F-629
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WC 503.7C187w 1999
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D 1.246
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D 1.433973
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DA 2.1969525
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Y 4.5485
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Cover Title
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Women, families & HIV/AIDS
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