Sex and the internet: Gay men, risk reduction and serostatus

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-174

  Davis, Mark ^a,d   Hart, Graham ^b   Bolding, Graham ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^c   Elford, Jonathan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV; Identity; Internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDENTITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646393802     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050500526126     Document Type: Article

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