Loneliness as a sexual risk factor for male Mexican migrant workers

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 802-810

  Muñoz Laboy, Miguel ^a   Hirsch, Jennifer S ^a   Quispe Lazaro, Arturo ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONELINESS; MALE; MIGRANT WORKER; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MEXICO; NEW YORK CITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 68949129028     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.122283     Document Type: Article

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