Cruising for sex: Sexual risk behaviours and HIV testing of men who cruise, inside and outwith public sex environments (PSE)

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 54-59

  Frankis, J S ^a   Flowers, P ^b  

^a School of Health and Social Care   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31544435480     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500159482     Document Type: Article

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