Gay men's current practice of HIV seroconcordant unprotected anal intercourse: Serosorting or seroguessing?

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-510

  Zablotska, Iryna B ^a   Imrie, John ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^b   Crawford, June ^a   Rawstorne, Patrick ^a   Grulich, Andrew ^b   Jin, Fengyi ^b   Kippax, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disclosure of serostatus; Gay men; HIV; Seroguessing; Serosorting; Unprotected anal intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649410688     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802270292     Document Type: Article

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