Virtual versus physical channel for sex networking in men having sex with men of sauna customers in the city of Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Shui Shan ^a   Lam, Agnes N S ^a   Lee, Chi Kei ^a   Wong, Ngai Sze ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOBILE PHONE; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; VIRTUAL REALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STATISTICS;

COMMUNICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STEAM BATH;

EID: 84863081384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031072     Document Type: Article

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