Sexual behaviors and sexual risk in a prospective cohort of HIV-positive men and women in New York City, 1994-2002: Implications for prevention

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-32

  Aidala, Angela A ^a   Lee, Gunjeong ^a   Garbers, Samantha ^b   Chiasson, Mary Ann ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Health Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33644995233     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.1.12     Document Type: Article

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