The social context of drinking, drug use, and unsafe sex in the Boston young men study

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 368-375

  Seage III, George R ^a,b,c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^d,e   Wold, Cheryl ^a   Lenderking, William R ^f   Goldstein, Robert ^d   Cai, Bin ^a   Gross, Michael ^c,d   Heeren, Tim ^b   Hingson, Ralph ^b  

^a Boston Public Health Commissions   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drug use; Homosexual men; Situational setting; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0031917588     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199804010-00012     Document Type: Article

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