Experiences of HIV-related stigma among young men who have sex with men

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 371-376

  Dowshen, Nadia ^a   Binns, Helen J ^a   Garofalo, Robert ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749154945     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2008.0256     Document Type: Article

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