HIV risk and the Internet: Results of the men's internet sex (MINTS) study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 746-756

  Rosser, B R Simon ^a   Miner, Michael H ^b   Bockting, Walter O ^b   Ross, Michael W ^c   Konstan, Joseph ^b   Gurak, Laura ^b   Stanton, Jeffrey ^b   Edwards, Weston ^b   Jacoby, Scott ^b   Carballo Diéguez, Alex ^d   Mazin, Rafael ^e   Coleman, Eli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; Internet sex; Latino; Men who have sex with men; Men who use the Internet to seek sex with men; MISM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249139084     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9399-8     Document Type: Article

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