Bug chasing and gift giving: The potential for HIV transmission among barebackers on the internet

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 490-503

  Grov, Christian ^a   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ANAL CANAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33845800282     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2006.18.6.490     Document Type: Article

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