Social networking smartphone applications and sexual health outcomes among men who have sex with men

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lehmiller, Justin J ^a   Ioerger, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EROTOPHILIA; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTIMACY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOBILE PHONE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONTROL; SENSATION SEEKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899793056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086603     Document Type: Article

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