Factors associated with risk for unprotected receptive and insertive anal intercourse in men aged 40 and older who have sex with men

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1204-1211

  Jacobs, Robin J ^a   Fernandez, M Isabel ^a   Ownby, Raymond L ^a   Bowen, G Stephen ^a   Hardigan, Patrick C ^a   Kane, Michael N ^b  

^a affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; gay; HIV; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexual risk; Viagra

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77956945043     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003615137     Document Type: Article

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