Online sex-seeking, substance use, and risky behaviors in taiwan: Results from the 2010 Asia internet MSM sex survey

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1273-1282

  Ko, Nai Ying ^a,b   Koe, Stuart ^c   Lee, Hsin Chun ^a,b,c   Yen, Cheng Fang ^d   Ko, Wen Chien ^a,d,e   Hsu, Su Ting ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health APCOM   (Thailand)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HIV risk behaviors; Internet; MSM; Online sex seeking; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84869237974     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9908-8     Document Type: Review

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