Use of illicit drugs and erectile dysfunction medications and subsequent HIV infection among gay men in Sydney, Australia

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2311-2320

  Prestage, Garrett ^a   Jin, Fengyi ^a   Kippax, Susan ^b   Zablotska, Iryna ^b   Imrie, John ^b   Grulich, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erectile Dysfunction; Gay Men; HIV; Illicit Drugs; Sexual Behavior; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMYL NITRITE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SILDENAFIL; TRANQUILIZER; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG USE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYL NITRITE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349158839     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2009.01323.x     Document Type: Article

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