Versatility and HIV vulnerability: Investigating the proportion of Australian gay men having both insertive and receptive anal intercourse

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2164-2171

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Smith, Geoffrey ^a   Grierson, Jeffrey ^a   Smith, Anthony ^a   Mcnally, Stephen ^a   Couch, Murray ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal Intercourse; Anal Sex; Bottom; Men Who Have Sex with Men; Top; Versatile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSERTIVE ANUS INTERCOURSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE ANUS INTERCOURSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALITY;

EID: 79960844416     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02197.x     Document Type: Article

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