Gay Community Involvement: Its Interrelationships and Associations With Internet Use and HIV Risk Behaviors in Swedish Men Who Have Sex With Men

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 323-333

  Ross, Michael W ^a,b   Tikkanen, Ronny ^c   Berg, Rigmor C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Norwegian Knowledge Center for the Health Services   (Norway)

Author keywords

gay community; HIV testing; Internet; men who have sex with men (MSM); sexual risk; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SWEDEN; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891538690     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2013.839916     Document Type: Article

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