Sexual behavior, mental health, substance use, and hiv risk among agency-based male escorts in a small u.s. city

International Journal of Sexual Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Smith, Michael D ^a   Seal, D W ^b  

^a SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; HIV risk behavior; Male sex worker; Mental health; Prostitution; Sex work; Sexual behavior; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849134519     PISSN: 19317611     EISSN: 1931762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J514v19n04_04     Document Type: Article

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