Psychosocial predictors of HIV/STI risk behaviours in a sample of homosexual men

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-146

  Beck, A ^a   McNally, I ^a   Petrak, J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CENTER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0037392336     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.79.2.142     Document Type: Article

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