Internet-based methods may reach higher-risk men who have sex with men not reached through venue-based sampling

Open AIDS Journal

Volumn 6, Issue SPEC.ISSUE 1, 2012, Pages 83-89

  Sanchez, Travis ^a   Smith, Amanda ^a   Denson, Damian ^a   DiNenno, Elizabeth ^a   Lansky, Amy ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; HIV; Internet; MSM; Sex

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES; VENUE BASED SAMPLING;

EID: 84870991983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18746136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874613601206010083     Document Type: Article

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