Prevalence and predictors of conscious risk behavior among san franciscan men who have sex with men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1338-1343

  Chen, Yea Hung ^a   Raymond, H Fisher ^a   Grasso, Michael ^a   Nguyen, Binh ^a   Robertson, Tyler ^a   McFarland, Willi ^a  

^a AIDS Office San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

Men who have sex with men; Risk behavior; San Francisco; Unprotected intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84880735997     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0169-2     Document Type: Article

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