Racial/ethnic and gender differences among older adults in nonmonogamous partnerships, time spent single, and human immunodeficiency virus testing

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1110-1117

  Harawa, Nina T ^a   Leng, Mei ^b   Kim, Junyeop ^c   Cunningham, William E ^b  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC; HIV TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MONOGAMY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SINGLE MAN; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81355138612     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31822e614b     Document Type: Article

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