Patterns of lifetime and recent HIV testing among men who have sex with men in New York city who use grindr

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-49

  Rendina, H Jonathon ^a,b   Jimenez, Ruben H ^b   Grov, Christian ^a,b   Ventuneac, Ana ^b   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Center for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Internet research; Men who have sex with men; Mobile technology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; NEW YORK CITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892786262     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0573-2     Document Type: Article

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