Sexual behavior and HIV testing among bisexual men: A nationwide comparison of australian bisexual-identifying and gay-identifying men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1934-1943

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Pitts, Marian ^a   Grierson, Jeffrey ^a   Smith, Anthony ^a   McNally, Stephen ^a   Couch, Murray ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Condom use; Gay; HIV testing; Men who have sex with men; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868460464     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0148-7     Document Type: Article

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