Sexual mixing and HIV risk among ethnic minority MSM in Britain

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2033-2041

  Doerner, Rita ^a   McKeown, Eamonn ^a   Nelson, Simon ^b   Anderson, Jane ^a,c   Low, Nicola ^d   Elford, Jonathan ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; HIV infection; Men who have sex with men; Sexual behaviour; Sexual mixing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868458150     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0265-3     Document Type: Article

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