Comparing three cohorts of MSM sampled via sex parties, bars/clubs, and craigslist.org: Implications for researchers and providers

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 362-382

  Grov, Christian ^a,b,c   Rendina, H Jonathon ^b,c   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^b,c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Cenetr for HIV AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST)   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNPROTECTED SEX; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BISEXUALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BISEXUALITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907722160     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.4.362     Document Type: Article

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