Risks worth taking: Safety agreements among discordant gay couples

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1071-1077

  Beougher, Sean C ^a   Chakravarty, Deepalika ^a,b   Garcia, Carla C ^a   Darbes, Lynae A ^b   Neilands, Torsten B ^b   Hoff, Colleen C ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

discordant couples; gay couples; HIV risk; safer sex; safety agreements

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX;

EID: 84864206887     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.648603     Document Type: Article

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