Qualitative exploration of HIV-related sexual behaviours and multiple partnerships among Chinese men who have sex with men living in a rural area of Yunnan Province, China

Sexual Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 533-540

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Gao, Liangmin ^c   Koo, Fung Kuen ^d   Chen, Liang ^c   Fu, Xiaoxing ^e   Jing, Jun ^b   Wilson, David P ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c Yuxi City Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

sexual identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CASUAL SEX; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIGRATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CHINA; CONDOMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888132861     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH13097     Document Type: Article

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