Individual, psychosocial, and social correlates of unprotected anal intercourse in a new generation of young men who have sex with men in New York City

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 889-895

  Halkitis, Perry N ^a,b   Kapadia, Farzana ^a,b   Siconolfi, Daniel E ^a   Moeller, Robert W ^a   Figueroa, Rafael Perez ^a   Barton, Staci C ^a   Blachman Forshay, Jaclyn ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HOMELESSNESS; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMELESS YOUTH; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875178170     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300963     Document Type: Article

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