Actual versus perceived HIV status, sexual behaviors and predictors of unprotected sex among young gay and bisexual men who identify as HIV-negative, HIV-positive and untested

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1495-1502

  Hays, Robert B ^a   Paul, Jay ^a   Ekstrand, Maria ^a   Kegeles, Susan M ^a   Stall, Ron ^a   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV antibody testing; Homosexual men; Prevention education; Sexual behavior; Sexual transmission; Young gay men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030792731     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199712000-00014     Document Type: Article

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