Men seeking sex on an intergenerational gay Internet website: An exploratory study

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 21-28

  Sowell, Richard L ^a   Phillips, Kenneth D ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; ADOLESCENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; SAFE SEX; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PILOT PROJECTS; SAFE SEX; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952520924     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549101250s104     Document Type: Article

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