Immigrant Sexual Minority Latino Men in Rural North Carolina: An Exploration of Social Context, Social Behaviors, and Sexual Outcomes

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1131-1151

  Gilbert, Paul A ^a   Rhodes, Scott D ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gay; Hispanic; HIV; rural; social determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NORTH CAROLINA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902316577     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: 15403602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2014.872507     Document Type: Article

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