Out of the closet and into the trenches: Gay male Baby Boomers, aging, and HIV/AIDS

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Rosenfeld, Dana ^a   Bartlam, Bernadette ^a   Smith, Ruth D ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Bisexual, Transgender; Demography; Gay; Health; HIV AIDS; Lesbian; Life course; Psychosocial; Social networks; Sociology of aging social gerontology; Subcohorts

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84858391871     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr138     Document Type: Review

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