Sexual Risk Profile of Young Men in Vancouver, British Columbia, Who Have Sex with Men and Inject Drugs

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-23

  O'Connell, Jacqueline M ^a   Lampinen, Thomas M ^a,b   Weber, Amy E ^a,b   Chan, Keith ^a   Miller, Mary Lou ^a   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b   Hogg, Robert S ^a,b,c  

^a Vanguard Proj: BC Ctr E HIV/AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gay bisexual men; HIV; Injection drug use; Sex trade; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK REDUCTION; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 1842428179     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AIBE.0000017522.64063.ec     Document Type: Article

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