Sexual relationships among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam: A qualitative interview study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bengtsson, Linus ^a   Thorson, Anna ^a   Thanh, Vu Pham Nguyen ^b   Allebeck, Peter ^a   Popenoe, Rebecca ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Sociology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873246809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-108     Document Type: Review

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