Factors that influence risky sexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in Liaoning Province, China: A structural equation model

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Liu, Jie ^a   Qu, Bo ^a   Guo, Hai Qiang ^a   Sun, Gao ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959817306     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2010.0333     Document Type: Article

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