Application of syndemic theory to black men who have sex with men in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 697-708

  Dyer, Typhanye Penniman ^a   Shoptaw, Steve ^b   Guadamuz, Thomas E ^c   Plankey, Michael ^d   Kao, Uyen ^b   Ostrow, David ^e   Chmiel, Joan S ^f   Herrick, Amy ^c   Stall, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black men; Epidemiology; HIV; Sexual risk; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84865139440     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9674-x     Document Type: Article

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