Harbinger of plague: A bad case of gay bowel syndrome

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 1-35

  Scarce, Michael ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANORECTAL DISEASE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYNDROME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; RECTAL DISEASES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SYNDROME; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030883204     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v34n02_01     Document Type: Review

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