Gay men's use of condoms with casual partners depends on the extent of their prior acquaintance

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1589-1596

  Rouwenhorst, Evelien ^a,b   Mallitt, Kylie Ann ^a   Prestage, Garrett ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Familiarity; Gay men; HIV; HIV disclosure; Unprotected anal intercourse casual partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84865160186     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0092-y     Document Type: Article

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