Correlates of bisexual behaviors among men who have sex with men in El salvador

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1279-1287

  Kim, Evelyn J ^a   Creswell, Jacob ^b   Guardado, Maria Elena ^c   Shah, Neha ^a   Kim, Andrea A ^a   Nieto, Ana Isabel ^d   De Maria Hernandez Ayala, Flor ^c   Monterroso, Edgar ^a   Paz Bailey, Gabriela ^b,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^c Public Health Interventions Network   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Bisexual; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880206676     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0152-y     Document Type: Article

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