Sexual partner selection and HIV risk reduction among black and white men who have sex with men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 503-509

  Eaton, Lisa A ^a   Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Cherry, Chauncey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GEORGIA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77149144798     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.155903     Document Type: Article

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