Sex and drugs: High-irsk behaviors at circuit parties

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-352

  Weidel, James John ^a   Provencio Vasquez, Elias ^a   Grossman, Janet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 As; Circuit party; Club drugs; Drug use; Gay men; HIV; MSM; Unprotected sex; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BISEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; BISEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55349084026     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988308322299     Document Type: Review

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