Amphetamine use and sexual risk among men who have sex with men: Results from the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance study - New York City

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1613-1628

  Koblin, Beryl A ^a   Murrill, Christopher ^b   Camacho, Michael ^a,c   Xu, Guozhen ^a   Liu, Kai Lih ^b   Raj Singh, Shavvy ^b   Torian, Lucia ^b  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Men who have sex with men; Sexual risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 35148883865     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701212519     Document Type: Article

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