Epidemiology, sexual risk behavior, and HIV prevention practices of men who have sex with men using GRINDR in Los Angeles, California

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 729-739

  Landovitz, Raphael J ^a   Tseng, Chi Hong ^b   Weissman, Matthew ^a   Haymer, Michael ^a   Mendenhall, Brett ^a   Rogers, Kathryn ^a   Veniegas, Rosemary ^a   Gorbach, Pamina M ^a   Reback, Cathy J ^c,d   Shoptaw, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; HIV prevention; Sexual risk behavior; Study recruitment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881482105     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-012-9766-7     Document Type: Article

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