Behavioral risk disparities in a random sample of self-identifying gay and non-gay male university students

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1083-1100

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Wilkin, Aimee M ^b   Wolfson, Mark ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Condom; Drug use; Gay men; GHB; Intimate partner violence; Methamphetamine; Sex; Student; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449378154     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918360903275500     Document Type: Article

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