An event-level comparison of risk-related sexual practices between black and other-race men who have sex with men: Condoms, semen, lubricant, and rectal douching

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 77-84

  Calabrese, Sarah K ^a   Rosenberger, Joshua G ^b   Schick, Vanessa R ^c   Novak, David S ^d   Reece, Michael ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Online Buddies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; LUBRICATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY POSITION; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; NEGRO; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPERM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LUBRICANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84873376652     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0355     Document Type: Article

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