Condomless sex: Gay men, barebacking, and harm reduction

Social Work

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-114

  Shernoff, Michael ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Barebacking; Gay men; Harm reduction; HIV; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747624938     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/51.2.106     Document Type: Article

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