Relationship Characteristics and Sexual Risk-Taking in Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

Health Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 597-605

  Mustanski, Brian ^a   Newcomb, Michael E ^a   Clerkin, Elise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052610853     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: 19307810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023858     Document Type: Article

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