Methamphetamine and poly-substance use among gym-attending men who have sex with men in New York City

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Halkitis, Perry N ^a   Moeller, Robert W ^a   Siconolfi, Daniel E ^a   Jerome, Roy C ^a   Rogers, Meighan ^b,c   Schillinger, Julia ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Barebacking; Conceptions of Masculinity; Methamphetamine; Poly drug Use

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FITNESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INHALATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASCULINITY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EXERCISE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POLYPHARMACY; RISK-TAKING; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 42549148057     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-007-9005-8     Document Type: Article

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