Public policy regulating private and public space in gay bathhouses

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 417-423

  Woods, William J ^a,c   Binson, Diane ^a   Pollack, Lance M ^a   Wohlfeiler, Dan ^b   Stall, Ronald D ^a   Catania, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathhouses; Gay men; HIV; MSM; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; BATHS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037377865     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200304010-00011     Document Type: Article

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