Recruiting drug using men who have sex with men in behavioral intervention trials: A comparison of internet and field-based strategies

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 688-699

  Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a   Vial, Andrea C ^a   Starks, Tyrel J ^a   Golub, Sarit A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Field; Internet; MSM; Recruitment; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; DRUG USERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880710631     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0231-0     Document Type: Article

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