Club drug use, sexual behavior, and HIV seroconversion: A qualitative study of motivations

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-447

  Jerome, Roy C ^a   Halkitis, Perry N ^a   Siconolfi, Daniel E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Club drugs; Cognitive escape model; Gay bisexual; HIV; Motivations; Risk; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK CITY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 61749096726     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080802345036     Document Type: Article

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