Requests for safer sex among men who have sex with men who use the internet to initiate sexual relationships: Implications for healthcare providers

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 4-9

  Blackwell, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Bareback; Bisexual; Gay; Gay men's health; HIV; Homosexual; Safer sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY;

EID: 77949552795     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090903327943     Document Type: Article

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