Sexual behaviors and situational characteristics of most recent male-partnered sexual event among gay and bisexually identified men in the United States

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3040-3050

  Rosenberger, Joshua G ^a,b,c   Reece, Michael ^b   Schick, Vanessa ^b   Herbenick, Debby ^b   Novak, David S ^d   van der Pol, Barbara ^a,b   Fortenberry, J Dennis ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Online Buddies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; Men; MSM; Sexual behavior; Sexual event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; COLOMBIA; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASTURBATION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; ORGASM; PLEASURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80255129382     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02438.x     Document Type: Article

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