The Relationship between Online Social Networking and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Young, Sean D ^a   Szekeres, Greg ^a   Coates, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FOOD; HOME; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORAL SEX; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84877063365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062271     Document Type: Article

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