Challenges in research on drug and sexual risk practices of men who have sex with men: Applications of ethnography in HIV epidemiology and prevention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-179

  Clatts, Michael C ^a   Sotheran, Jo L ^a  

^a National Development Research I   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Ethnography; HIV; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OBSERVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033933842     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009564524602     Document Type: Article

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