Sexual practices of gay, bisexual, and other nonidentified MSM attending New York City gyms: Patterns of serosorting, strategic positioning, and context selection

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-261

  Halkitis, Perry N ^a,b   Moeller, Robert W ^a   Pollock, James A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; RECREATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; BISEXUALITY; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS CENTERS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 55249096991     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490802204456     Document Type: Article

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