Seroadaptation in a sample of very poor Los Angeles area men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1862-1872

  Murphy, Ryan D ^a   Gorbach, Pamina M ^b   Weiss, Robert E ^b   Hucks Ortiz, Christopher ^c   Shoptaw, Steven J ^c  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Oral only sex; Poverty; Seropositioning; Serosorting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CONDOMS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84878579918     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0213-2     Document Type: Article

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