Prevalence and correlates of sexual partner concurrency among Australian gay men aged 18-39 years

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 801-809

  Lyons, Anthony ^a   Hosking, Warwick ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concurrent sexual partnerships; Gay men; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Sexual concurrency; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CONDOMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84897088838     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0613-y     Document Type: Article

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