title: Crack and AIDS: an ethnographic impression.
abstract: To date, there are no scientific studies describing the "crack" epidemic, yet the observations reported here suggest that understanding the crack epidemic is urgent. As a cheap, highly addictive drug, crack increases risk for human immunodeficiency virus infection and could have devastating implications for many communities around the country.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Bowser
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D001741:Black or African American; D003042:Cocaine; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D012495:San Francisco; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine