"...And then there was the down low": Introduction to Black and Latino male bisexualities

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 675-682

  Sandfort, Theo G M ^a   Dodge, Brian ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexuality; Black; Down low; HIV AIDS; Latino; Men

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEGRO; SEXUALITY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 50849107028     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9359-4     Document Type: Article

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