Differences in the social networks of African American men who have sex with men only and those who have sex with men and women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Latkin, Carl ^a   Yang, Cui ^a   Tobin, Karin ^a   Penniman, Typhanye ^a   Patterson, Jocelyn ^b   Spikes, Pilgrim ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BISEXUALITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053042274     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300281     Document Type: Article

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