Sex and the single (older) guy: Sexual lives of older unmarried thai men during the AIDS era

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-388

  VanLandingham, Mark ^a   Knodel, John ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Men; Sexual behavior; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THAILAND;

EID: 35148900948     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9044-4     Document Type: Article

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