Relationship characteristics associated with sexual risk behavior among MSM in committed relationships

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 738-745

  Hoff, Colleen C ^a   Chakravarty, Deepalika ^a,b   Beougher, Sean C ^a   Neilands, Torsten B ^b   Darbes, Lynae A ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTIMACY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84870538904     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0198     Document Type: Article

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