An investigation of concurrent sex partnering in two samples of drug users having large numbers of sex partners

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-314

  Williams, Mark L ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   Atkinson, John ^a   Bowen, Anne ^b   Klovdahl, Alden ^c   Timpson, Sandra C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; COCAINE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33646350263     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 09564624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095646206776790123     Document Type: Article

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