Factors associated with men in HIV-negative gay couples who practiced UAI within and outside of their relationship

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1329-1337

  Mitchell, Jason W ^a   Petroll, Andrew E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay male couples; HIV risk; Multilevel modeling; Sexual agreements; Testing; UAI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY SIZE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUST; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84880745033     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0255-5     Document Type: Article

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