Sexual compulsivity, co-occurring psychosocial health problems, and HIV risk among gay and bisexual men: Further evidence of a syndemic

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 156-162

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a   Grov, Christian ^a,b   Golub, Sarit A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857245684     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300284     Document Type: Article

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