Probability sample estimates of bathhouse sexual risk behavior

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Woods, William J ^a   Binson, Diane ^a   Blair, Johnny ^b   Han, Lei ^a   Spielberg, Freya ^c   Pollack, Lance M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay bathhouse; Gay men; HIV prevention; HIV risk behavior; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BATH; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34249872203     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318055601e     Document Type: Article

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