Factors related to childhood sexual abuse among gay/bisexual male internet escorts

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Bimbi, David S ^d   Koken, Juline A ^d   Halkitis, Perry N ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training CHEST   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHEST ^*

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Gay men; Sex work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 21744446726     PISSN: 10538712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J070v14n02_01     Document Type: Article

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