High-Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men in 6 US Cities: Baseline Data from the EXPLORE Study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 926-932

  Koblin, Beryl A ^a   Chesney, Margaret A ^b   Husnik, Marla J ^c   Bozeman, Sam ^d   Celum, Connie L ^e   Buchbinder, Susan ^f   Mayer, Kenneth ^g   McKirnan, David ^h   Judson, Franklyn N ⁱ   Huang, Yijian ^c   Coates, Thomas J ^b  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

^g FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h HOWARD BROWN HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; GONORRHEA; HEALTH; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CITIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GONORRHEA; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037902885     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.6.926     Document Type: Article

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