Does "high = high risk"? An event-based analysis of the relationship between substance use and unprotected anal sex among gay and bisexual men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-370

  Gillmore, Mary Rogers ^a,b   Morrison, Diane M ^a   Leigh, Barbara C ^a   Hoppe, Marilyn J ^a   Gaylord, Jan ^a   Rainey, Damian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UW School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

Condoms; Gay men; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0036914916     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021104930612     Document Type: Article

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