Online and offline sexual health-seeking patterns of HIV-negative men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1362-1370

  Wilkerson, J Michael ^a   Smolenski, Derek J ^a   Horvath, Keith J ^a   Danilenko, Gene P ^a   Rosser, B R Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Health information seeking; HIV prevention; Internet; Latent class analysi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952278333     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9794-9     Document Type: Article

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