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Kang, S. Y., & Deren, S. (2009). Factors mediating and moderating the relationship between gender and utilization of health care among Puerto Rican drug users in New York. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 102 (1-3), 138-143.

Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., & Colon, H. (2009). Gender comparisons of factors associated with drug treatment utilization among Puerto Rican drug users. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 35 (2), 73-79.

Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Mino, M., & Cortes, D. E. (2009). Biculturality and HIV-risk behaviors among Puerto Rican drug users in New York City. Substance Use and Misuse, 44 (4), 578-592.

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Deren, S., Strauss, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2008). Sex risk behaviors of drug users: A dual site study of predictors over time. AIDS Education and Prevention, 20 (4), 325-337.

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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2007). Predictors of injection drug use cessation among Puerto Rican drug injectors in New York and Puerto Rico. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33 (2), 291-299.

Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2007). The Puerto Rico-New York airbridge for drug users: Description and relationship to HIV risk behaviors. Journal of Urban Health, 84 (2), 243-254.

Colon, H. M., Deren, S., Robles, R. R., Kang, S. Y., Cabassa, M., & Sahai, H. (2006). A comparative study of mortality among Puerto Rican injection drug users in East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Urban Health, 83 (6), 1114-1126.

Deren, S., Cleland, C. M., Fuller, C., Kang, S. Y., Des Jarlais, D. C., & Vlahov, D. (2006). The impact of syringe deregulation on sources of syringes for injection drug users: Preliminary findings. AIDS and Behavior, 10 (6), 717-721.

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Deren, S., Kang, S. Y., Colon, H. M., Andia, J. F., & Robles, R. R. (2004). HIV incidence among high-risk Puerto Rican drug users: A comparison of East Harlem, New York, and Bayamon, Puerto Rico. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 36 (5), 1067-1074.

Kang, S. Y., Deren, S., Andia, J., Colon, H. M., & Robles, R. R. (2004). Effects of changes in perceived self-efficacy on HIV risk behaviors over time. Addictive Behaviors, 29 (3), 567-574.

Andia, J. F., Deren, S., Friedman, S. R., Winick, C., Kang, S. Y., Palij, M., Robles, R. R., Colon, H. M., Oliver-Velez, D., & Finlinson, A. (2003). Towards an HIV role theory: Drug-related peer beliefs and role strain indicators as predictors of injection risk behaviors among Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico. Journal of Drug Issues, 33 (4), 963-982.

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