Characteristics of recently HIV-infected men who use the internet to find male sex partners and sexual practices with those partners

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 582-587

  Smith, Davey M ^a,b   Drumright, Lydia N ^a   Frost, Simon D W ^a   Cheng, W Susan ^a   Espitia, Stephen ^b   Daar, Eric S ^c   Little, Susan J ^a   Gorbach, Pamina M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Men who have sex with men; Partnerships; Primary HIV; Risk

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845438141     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000243100.49899.2a     Document Type: Article

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