Perceptions of lifetime risk and actual risk for acquiring HIV among young men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-270

  MacKellar, Duncan A ^a   Valleroy, Linda A ^a   Secura, Gina M ^b   Behel, Stephanie ^a   Bingham, Trista ^c   Celentano, David D ^d   Koblin, Beryl A ^e   LaLota, Marlene ^f   Shehan, Douglas ^g   Thiede, Hanne ^h   Torian, Lucia V ⁱ  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^f FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

ⁱ NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Risk perception; Young MSM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33847332521     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9136-0     Document Type: Article

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