Attitudes toward unprotected anal intercourse: Assessing hiv-negative gay or bisexual men

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Psychotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 107-128

  Shidlo, Ariel ^a   Yi, Huso ^a   Dalit, Boaz ^b  

^a TalkSafe   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aids; Anal intercourse; Barebacking; Gay and bisexual men; High risk sexual behavior; Hiv negative MSM; Homosexuality; Safer sex; Sti; Unprotected anal intercourse attitudes inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900580760     PISSN: 08917140     EISSN: 15407128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J236v09n03_07     Document Type: Article

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