Men who sex with men in Southeastern Europe: Underground and at increased risk for HIV/STIs

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 473-487

  Longfield, Kim ^a   Astatke, Hibist ^a   Smith, Reid ^b   McPeak, Georgia ^c   Ayers, Jim ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay bisexual men; HIV prevention; MSM; Peer ethnographic research; Southeastern Europe

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BULGARIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ROMANIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STIGMA; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 34547931109     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050601161864     Document Type: Article

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