Post-circuit blues: Motivations and consequences of crystal meth use among gay men in Miami

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-72

  Kurtz, Steven P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug use; Gay men; HIV risk behavior; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEAR; FRIENDSHIP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LONELINESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FLORIDA; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 17744362700     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-1682-3     Document Type: Article

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