Network mixing and network influences most linked to HIV infection and risk behavior in the HIV epidemic among black men who have sex with men

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schneider, John A ^a,e   Cornwell, Benjamin ^b   Ostrow, David ^c   Michaels, Stuart ^a   Schumm, Phil ^a   Laumann, Edward O ^a   Friedman, Samuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c Chicago MACS and David Ostrow and Associates   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e National Development and Research Institutes Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872503541     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301003     Document Type: Article

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