HIV in intravenous drug users

Jo Ann Dawson, Harold Alan Pincus, Ellie E. Schoenbaum, Diana Hartel

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)632-633
Number of pages2
JournalNew England Journal of Medicine
Volume322
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 1990

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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