Factors associated with unprotected anal intercourse among men who have sex with men: Results from a respondent driven sampling survey in Nanjing, China, 2008

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1415-1422

  Tang, Weiming ^a   Huan, Xiping ^b   Mahapatra, Tanmay ^a   Tang, Songyuan ^a   Li, Jianjun ^c   Yan, Hongjing ^b   Fu, Gengfeng ^b   Yang, Haitao ^b   Zhao, Jinkou ^d   Detels, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; HIV; Men who have sex with men (MSM); Respondent driven sampling (RDS); Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); Unprotected anal intercourse (UAI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CONDOM; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84880717456     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0413-4     Document Type: Article

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