Casual sexual encounters among gay men: Familiarity, trust and unprotected anal intercourse

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Zablotska, Iryna B ^a,b   Grulich, Andrew E ^a   De Wit, John ^b   Prestage, Garrett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condom use; Familiarity; HIV; HIV disclosure; Unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SEXUALITY; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960022332     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9675-2     Document Type: Article

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