Injecting drug use among gay and bisexual men in Sydney: Prevalence and associations with sexual risk practices and HIV and hepatitis C infection

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1344-1351

  Lea, Toby ^a   Mao, Limin ^a   Bath, Nicky ^b   Prestage, Garrett ^c   Zablotska, Iryna ^c   De Wit, John ^a   Holt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NSW Users and AIDS Association   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gay and bisexual men; Hepatitis C; HIV; Injecting drug use; Sexual risk practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG USERS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880760277     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0409-0     Document Type: Article

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