Venue-based affiliation networks and HIV risk-taking behavior among male sex workers

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 453-458

  Fujimoto, Kayo ^a   Williams, Mark L ^b   Ross, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTAURANTS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TEXAS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878858438     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31829186e5     Document Type: Article

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