High-risk behaviour in steady and in casual relationships among men who have sex with men in Israel

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Mor, Zohar ^a   Davidovich, Udi ^b   Bessudu Manor, Niva ^a   McFarlane, Mary ^c   Feldshtein, Gil ^d   Chemtob, Daniel ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Amsterdam Health Services ^*  (Netherlands)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Association of Gays Lesbians Bisexuals and Transgenders   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 80052917753     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2011-050048     Document Type: Article

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