Sex with bisexual men among black female students at historically black colleges and universities

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1198-1205

  Voetsch, Andrew C ^a   Thomas, Peter E ^a   Johnson, Anna Satcher ^a   Millett, Gregorio A ^a   Mundey, Lynette ^b   Goode, Carolyn ^b   Nobles, Joanne ^c   Sly, Kaye ^d   Smith, Michelle R ^e   Shiloh, Mattie ^f   Song, Binwei ^a   Green, Kathleen ^a   Dean, Hazel D ^a   Heffelfinger, James D ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Jefferson Comprehensive Care Inc   (United States)

^f ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; HIV AIDS; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNSAFE SEX; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BISEXUALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79953016733     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30775-6     Document Type: Article

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