Desire, drug use and unsafe sex: A qualitative examination of gay men who attend gay circuit parties

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  O'Byrne, Patrick ^a   Holmes, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug use; Ethnography; Gay men; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNSAFE SEX;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; AROUSAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 78649471949     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.510610     Document Type: Article

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