Transmen: The HIV risk of gay identity

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 508-520

  Rowniak, Stefan ^a   Chesla, Catherine ^b   Rose, Carol Dawson ^b   Holzemer, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855177627     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.6.508     Document Type: Article

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