HIV status differences in venues where highly sexually active gay and bisexual men meet sex partners: Results from a pilot study

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 496-508

  Grov, Christian ^a,b   Golub, Sarit A ^b,c,d   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGHLY SEXUALLY ACTIVE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; BISEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551469126     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.6.496     Document Type: Article

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