Middle-aged and older men who have sex with men exhibit multiple trajectories with respect to the number of sexual partners

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-598

  Lim, Sin How ^a   Christen, Charles Lafayette ^a   Marshal, Michael P ^b   Stall, Ronald D ^a   Markovic, Nina ^a   Kim, Kevin H ^c   Silvestre, Anthony J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; HIV; Life course; Longitudinal; Older homosexual; Risky sexualbehaviors

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84863722818     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9916-z     Document Type: Article

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