HIV risk factors reported by two samples of male bathhouse attendees in Los Angeles, California, 2001-2002

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 631-636

  Bingham, Trista A ^a,e   Secura, Gina M ^b   Behel, Stephanie K ^c   Bunch, J Gordon ^d   Simon, Paul A ^a   MacKellar, Duncan A ^c  

^a HIV Epidemiologyd Program   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^e HIV Epidemiology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL COUNSELING; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 48049089428     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31816b475a     Document Type: Article

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