Arrest Histories of High-Risk Gay and Bisexual Men in Miami: Unexpected Additional Evidence For Syndemic Theory

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 513-521

  Kurtz, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest history; Gay men; HIV AIDS; MSM; Syndemic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 62849091494     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2008.10400657     Document Type: Article

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