HIV risk practices sought by men who have sex with other men, and who use internet websites to identify potential sexual partners

Sexual Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 243-250

  Klein, Hugh ^a,b  

^a Silver Spring   (United States)

^b MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Sexual risk practices

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANUS; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 49449097693     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07051     Document Type: Article

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