Social support and depressive symptoms among 'money' boys and general men who have sex with men in Shanghai, China

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 285-287

  Yan, Huamei ^a   Wong, Frank Y ^b   Zheng, Tony ^c   Ning, Zhen ^a,d   Ding, Yingying ^a   Nehl, Eric J ^b   Lin, Lavinia ^b   He, Na ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Shanghai Piaoxue Cultural Media Limited   (China)

^d Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

emotional health; gay men; male sex workers.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MONEY BOYS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROVISION SCALE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84905257237     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14017     Document Type: Article

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