Substance use and sexual risk mediated by social support among black men

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-69

  Buttram, Mance E ^a   Kurtz, Steven P ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; MSM; Sexual risk behavior; Social support; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FLORIDA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872679905     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9582-8     Document Type: Article

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