Factors associated with event-level stimulant use during sex in a sample of older, low-income men who have sex with men in Los Angeles

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Ober, Allison ^a,b   Shoptaw, Steve ^b,c   Wang, Pin Chieh ^c   Gorbach, Pamina ^b,d   Weiss, Robert E ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; HIV; Methamphetamine; Respondent driven sampling (RDS); Sex

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849115452     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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