Prospective study of attitudinal and relationship predictors of sexual risk in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 127-138

  Ostrow, David G ^a   Silverberg, Michael J ^b,d   Cook, Robert L ^c   Chmiel, Joan S ^a   Johnson, Lisette ^d   Li, Xiuhong ^d   Jacobson, Lisa P ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HAART related attitudes; MSM; Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS); Negotiated risk reduction; Prospective study; Serosorting; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MONOGAMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 38549129696     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9223-x     Document Type: Article

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