Drug Use and Sexual Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men Who Frequent Party Venues

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2178-2186

  Theodore, Peter S ^a   Durán, Ron E ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit parties; Club drug use; Gay bisexual; HIV AIDS; Risky sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BISEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919429932     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0779-y     Document Type: Article

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