Discordance between sexual behavior and self-reported sexual identity: A population-based survey of New York City men

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 145, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 416-425

  Pathela, Preeti ^a   Hajat, Anjum ^b   Schillinger, Julia ^b   Blank, Susan ^b   Sell, Randall ^b   Mostashari, Farzad ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33749176425     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-145-6-200609190-00005     Document Type: Article

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