Awareness and attitudes regarding microbicides and nonoxynol-9 use in a probability sample of gay men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^a   O'Sullivan, Lucia F ^a   Lin, Peter ^a   Dolezal, Curtis ^a   Pollack, Lance ^b   Catania, Joseph ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condoms; Gay men; Microbicides; MSM; Nonoxynol 9

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE; NONOXINOL 9; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AWARENESS; CONDOM; DRUG INFORMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONOXYNOL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847308615     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9128-0     Document Type: Article

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