"It's a quick way to get what you want": A formative exploration of HIV risk among Urban Massachusetts men who have sex with men who attend sex parties

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 659-674

  Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Bland, Sean ^a   Cranston, Kevin ^d   Isenberg, Deborah ^d   Driscoll, Maura A ^d   Vanderwarker, Rodney ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,e  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX PARTY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958009924     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2010.0071     Document Type: Article

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