TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV in intravenous drug users
AU - Dawson, Jo Ann
AU - Pincus, Harold Alan
AU - Schoenbaum, Ellie E.
AU - Hartel, Diana
PY - 1990/3/1
Y1 - 1990/3/1
N2 - To the Editor: The article by Schoenbaum et al. (Sept. 28 issue)* provides some very interesting demographic observations about some people in a section of New York City who are positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). There is, however, at least one seriously flawed conclusion. The authors write, “Factors with significant and independent associations with the presence of HIV antibody included black race [and] Hispanic background.” This statement is a new version of the yellow-fingers-cause-lung-cancer school of statistical conclusion. African American and Hispanic people are disproportionately represented among intravenous drug users and would be expected to be overrepresented among.
AB - To the Editor: The article by Schoenbaum et al. (Sept. 28 issue)* provides some very interesting demographic observations about some people in a section of New York City who are positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). There is, however, at least one seriously flawed conclusion. The authors write, “Factors with significant and independent associations with the presence of HIV antibody included black race [and] Hispanic background.” This statement is a new version of the yellow-fingers-cause-lung-cancer school of statistical conclusion. African American and Hispanic people are disproportionately represented among intravenous drug users and would be expected to be overrepresented among.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199003013220914
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199003013220914
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2304512
AN - SCOPUS:0025394019
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 322
SP - 632
EP - 633
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -