Assessment of a new web-based sexual concurrency measurement tool for men who have sex with men

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Rosenberg, Eli S ^a   Rothenberg, Richard B ^b   Kleinbaum, David G ^a   Stephenson, Rob B ^a   Sullivan, Patrick S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrency; HIV; MSM; Online questionnaire; Questionnaires; Sexual network measurement; Sexual networks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EPIDEMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84914704600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3211     Document Type: Article

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