Gay and bisexual men's experiences of bathhouse culture and sex: 'Looking for love in all the wrong places'

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Haubrich, Dennis J ^a   Myers, Ted ^b   Calzavara, Liviana ^b   Ryder, Karen ^b   Medved, Wendy ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOVE; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1642441844     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050310001607241     Document Type: Article

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