Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior: Understanding their Association among Four Ethnic Groups of Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men

Journal of Substance Abuse

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-336

  Dolezal, Curtis ^a   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^a   Nieves Rosa, Luis ^a   Díaz, Francisco ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Gay; Hispanic; HIV; Latino; MSM; Sexual risk behavior; Substance use; Unprotected anal sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034564924     PISSN: 08993289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-3289(00)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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