Unmarried Latino men who report sex with men: Psychocultural and demographic characteristics

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-212

  Marín, Barbara VanOss ^a,c   Gonzalez, Francisco J ^b,c   Gómez, Cynthia A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS prevention; Condom self efficacy; Homophobia; Homosexual behavior; Latinos; Sexual comfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7344233683     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1022185701025     Document Type: Article

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