Walking the line: Stimulant use during sex and HIV risk behavior among Black urban MSM

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 30-37

  Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Fontaine, Yves Michel ^d   Bland, Sean E ^a   Driscoll, Maura A ^e   Isenberg, Deborah ^e   Cranston, Kevin ^e   Skeer, Margie R ^a,f   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,g  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black; HIV; MSM; Sexual risk behavior; Stimulant use

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDOMS; CRACK COCAINE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953723911     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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