title: Age shift in patterns of injection drug use among the HIV/AIDS population in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
abstract: Analysis of HIV exposure category for 20,034 persons in three age groups (13-29, 30-49, 50 and over) who were alive through 2003 and had been reported to the Florida Department of Health with HIV or AIDS in Miami-Dade County, Florida, found that having a history of injection drug use increases with increasing age (p < .001). Consideration of age-specific HIV risk profiles has implications for primary and secondary HIV prevention interventions, planning, and policy.
authors.affiliation: Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, 32399-1715, USA. spencer_lieb@doh.state.fl.us
authors.forename: Spencer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lieb
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arons
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Malow
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Liberti
authors.forename: Lorene M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Maddox
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friedlander
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lalota
authors.forename: Nisha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grigg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019221:Mandatory Reporting; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000453:epidemiology*