HIV/STD prevalence, risk behavior, and substance use patterns and predictors in Russian and Hungarian sociocentric social networks of men who have sex with men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-279

  Amirkhanian, Yuri A ^a,b   Kelly, Jeffrey A ^a   Takacs, Judit ^c   Kuznetsova, Anna V ^b   DiFranceisco, Wayne J ^a   Mocsonaki, Laszlo ^d   McAuliffe, Timothy L ^a   Khoursine, Roman A ^b   Toth, Tamas P ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Munic Hosp of Infectious Diseases   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d Gay and Lesbian Rights Organization Hatter   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649364702     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.3.266     Document Type: Article

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