Sexual risk behavior of men who have sex with men: Comparison of behavior at home and at a gay resort

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-102

  Whittier, David Knapp ^a,c   St Lawrence, Janet ^a   Seeley, Salvatore ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CAMP Rehoboth   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Sexual risk; Unprotected anal intercourse; Vacation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HOME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASHORE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; HEALTH RESORTS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16844376802     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-1003-y     Document Type: Article

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