Prevalence estimates of health risk behaviors of immigrant latino men who have sex with men

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-83

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Mccoy, Thomas P ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^b   Vissman, Aaron T ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a,c   Alonzo, Jorge ^a   Bloom, Fred R ^d   Alegría Ortega, Jose ^e   Eng, Eugenia ^f  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e Chatham Social Health Council   (United States)

^f IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Health disparities; Health promotion; Sexual behavior; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855331166     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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