Exploring the health behavior disparities of gay men in the United States: Comparing gay male university students to their heterosexual peers

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-23

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   McCoy, Thomas ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^b   Omli, Morrow R ^a   DuRant, Robert H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; AIDS; College students; Condom use; Drug use; E mail; Gay men; Health disparities; HIV; Internet

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PEER GROUP; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34249824884     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J463v03n01_03     Document Type: Article

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