Cybercartography of popular internet sites used by New York City men who have sex with men interested in bareback sex

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 475-489

  Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^a   Dowsett, Gary W ^b   Ventuneac, Ana ^a   Remien, Robert H ^a   Balan, Ivan ^a   Dolezal, Curtis ^a   Luciano, Oswaldo ^a   Lin, Peter ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33845640642     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.6.475     Document Type: Article

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