Egocentric networks of Chinese men who have sex with men: Network components, condom use norms, and safer sex

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 885-893

  Liu, Hongjie ^d   Feng, Tiejian ^a   Liu, Hui ^b   Feng, Hucang ^a   Cai, Yumao ^a   Rhodes, Anne G ^d   Grusky, Oscar ^c  

^a Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHINESE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PEER GROUP; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350097873     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0043     Document Type: Article

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