The couple as context: Latino gay male couples and HIV

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-312

  Beougher, Sean C ^a   Gómez, Walter ^a   Hoff, Colleen C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay couples; HIV; Latino gay men; Sexual agreements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251610090     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.528032     Document Type: Article

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