A sexual risk and stress reduction intervention designed for HIV-positive bisexual African American men with childhood sexual abuse histories

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1476-1484

  Williams, John K ^a   Glover, Dorie A ^a   Wyatt, Gail E ^a   Kisler, Kimberly ^a   Liu, Honghu ^b   Zhang, Muyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; NEOPTERIN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BISEXUALITY; CATECHOLAMINES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84880142742     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301121     Document Type: Article

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