Sex parties among urban MSM: An emerging culture and HIV risk environment

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-318

  Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b,c   Reisner, Sari L ^a,c   Bland, Sean E ^a   Driscoll, Maura A ^d   Cranston, Kevin ^d   Isenberg, Deborah ^d   Vanderwarker, Rodney ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,e,f  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Group sex event; HIV; MSM; Prevention; Sex party

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951683123     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9809-6     Document Type: Article

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