Resilience, syndemic factors, and serosorting behaviors among HIV-positive and HIV-negative substance-using MSM

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-205

  Kurtz, Steven P ^a   Buttram, Mance E ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^a   Stall, Ronald D ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIV SEROSORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEROADAPTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VICTIM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROSORTING; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; SELF EFFICACY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84862684968     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.3.193     Document Type: Article

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