Surfing new territory: Club-drug use and risky sex among Hispanic men who have sex with men recruited on the internet

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Fernández, M Isabel ^a   Perrino, Tatiana ^a   Collazo, Jose B ^a   Varga, Leah M ^a   Marsh, David ^a   Hernandez, Nilda ^a   Rehbein, Alfredo ^a   Bowen, G Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Hispanic MSM; Internet; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITRATE; SILDENAFIL; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG USE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FLORIDA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 20344388555     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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