Intentional unprotected anal intercourse among sex who have sex with men: Barebacking-from behavior to identity

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-287

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b   Bimbi, David S ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bareback; Identity; Peer norms; Sexual compulsivity; Substance use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; DRUG USE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 33847250903     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9135-1     Document Type: Article

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