Psychosocial predictors of risky sexual behaviors in African American men: Implications for prevention

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 15, 2003, Pages 66-79

  Myers, Hector F ^a,e   Javanbakht, Marjan ^b,e   Martinez, Mariana ^c,e   Obediah, Sunil ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037328766     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.15.1.5.66.23615     Document Type: Article

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