HIV infection, sexual risk behavior, and substance use among Latino gay and bisexual men and transgender persons

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1036-1042

  Ramirez Valles, Jesus ^a   Garcia, Dalia ^a   Campbell, Richard T ^a   Diaz, Rafael M ^b   Heckathorn, Douglas D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHICAGO; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 44849115011     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.102624     Document Type: Article

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