Unprotected sexual behavior and HIV risk in the context of primary partnerships for transgender women

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 674-682

  Operario, Don ^a   Nemoto, Tooru ^b   Iwamoto, Mariko ^b   Moore, Toni ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Primary relationships; Sexual risk behavior; Transgender women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959978005     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9795-8     Document Type: Article

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