Predictors of retention in an online follow-up study of men who have sex with men

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Khosropour, Christine M ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; HIV infections prevention and control; Homosexuality male; Internet; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053499686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1717     Document Type: Article

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