Attitudes about and HIV risk related to the "most common place" MSM meet their sex partners: Comparing men from Bathhouses, Bars/Clubs, and Craigslist.org

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-116

  Grov, Christian ^a   Crow, Thomas ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BAR; BATHHOUSE; CLUB; DRUG USE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859588710     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.2.102     Document Type: Article

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