Persistence of racial differences in attitudes toward homosexuality in the United States

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-523

  Glick, Sara Nelson ^a   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HIV/STD Program   (United States)

Author keywords

General Social Survey; homosexuality; men who have sex with men; race; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650245177     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181f275e0     Document Type: Article

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