A pilot study examining depressive symptoms, Internet use, and sexual risk behaviour among Asian men who have sex with men

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1041-1044

  Lemieux, A F ^a,b,c   Nehl, E J ^b   Lin, L ^b   Tran, A ^b   Yu, F ^b   Wong, F Y ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH RISK; INTERNET; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNPROTECTED SEX;

ASIA;

EID: 84888299163     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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