Risk and Protective Factors Associated With Gay Neighborhood Residence

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-118

  Buttram, Mance E ^a   Kurtz, Steven P ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MSM; neighborhoods; risk factors; sex risk; substance use

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873970507     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988312458793     Document Type: Article

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