Gay identity-related factors and sexual risk among men who have sex with men in San Francisco

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-103

  Flores, Stephen A ^a,c   Mansergh, Gordon ^a   Marks, Gary ^a   Guzman, Robert ^b   Colfax, Grant ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MS E 37 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNICITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649084570     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.2.91     Document Type: Article

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