A qualitative analysis of cultural and social vulnerabilities to hiv infection among gay, lesbian, and bisexual asian youth

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 43-78

  Kwong Lai Poon, Maurice ^a   Ho, Peter Trung Thu ^b  

^a Asian Community AIDS Services ^*  (Canada)

^b Asian Community AIDS Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

And bisexual Asian youth; Asians and HIV AIDSxs; Gay; HIV AIDS prevention; Lesbian; Risk factors for HIV infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249807694     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J041v14n03_03     Document Type: Article

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