Gay men report high rates of unprotected anal sex with partners of unknown or discordant HIV status

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1525-1533

  Ekstrand, Maria L ^a,b   Stall, Ron D ^a   Paul, Jay P ^a   Osmond, Dennis H ^a   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal sex; HIV disclosure; HIV prevention; HIV transmission; Negotiated safety; Risk taking correlates; Young gay men

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 0032856504     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199908200-00013     Document Type: Article

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