Partner selection among Latino immigrant men who have sex with men

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1321-1330

  Bianchi, Fernanda T ^a   Shedlin, Michele G ^b   Brooks, Kelly D ^c   Penha, Marcelo Montes ^b   Reisen, Carol A ^a   Zea, Maria Cecilia ^a   Poppen, Paul J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Latino; Masculinity; MSM; Sexual partner; Stereotypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; GENDER IDENTITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 78651097571     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9510-x     Document Type: Article

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