HIV risk behaviors of Latin American and Caribbean men who have sex with men in Miami, Florida, USA

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-348

  Akin, Mete ^a   Fernández, M Isabel ^a   Bowen, G Stephen ^a   Warren, Jacob C ^a  

^a affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; HIV infections; Latin America and the Caribbean; Risk taking; Sexual behavior; United States of America

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRUG USER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE BEHAVIOR; RISK PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GREATER ANTILLES; LATIN AMERICA; MIAMI; MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749148832     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892008000500006     Document Type: Article

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