Characteristics of gay and bisexual men who drop out of a web survey of sexual behaviour in the UK

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 957-963

  Evans, Alison Ruth ^b   Wiggins, Richard Donovan ^a   Bolding, Graham ^a   Elford, Jonathan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drop out; Gay men; Internet; Methods; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET PROTOCOL; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DATA COLLECTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049145903     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9400-6     Document Type: Article

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