HIV Testing Patterns Among Urban YMSM of Color

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 673-681

  Leonard, Noelle R ^a   Rajan, Sonali ^b   Gwadz, Marya V ^a   Aregbesola, Temi ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Epilepsy Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent; African American; Black; HIV testing; Latino; men who have sex with men; urban; YMSM

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911215905     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198114537064     Document Type: Article

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