Recreational drug use, polydrug use, and sexual behaviour in HIV-diagnosed men who have sex with men in the UK: Results from the cross-sectional ASTRA study

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages e22-e31

  Daskalopoulou, Marina ^a   Rodger, Alison ^a   Phillips, Andrew N ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Speakman, Andrew ^a   Collins, Simon ^b   Elford, Jonathan ^c   Johnson, Margaret A ^d   Gilson, Richard ^a   Fisher, Martin ^e   Wilkins, Ed ^f   Anderson, Jane ^g   McDonnell, Jeffrey ^a   Edwards, Simon ^h   Perry, Nicky ^e   O'Connell, Rebecca ⁱ   Lascar, Monica ⁱ   Jones, Martin ^j   Johnson, Anne M ^a   Hart, Graham ^a   Miners, Alec ^k   Geretti, Anna Maria ^m   Burman, William J ^l   Lampe, Fiona C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b 107 the Maltings   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^f PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h Central and North West London Community Foundation Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3, 4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE; AMYL NITRITE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CANNABIS; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; KETAMINE; LYSERGIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; NITRITE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG; SILDENAFIL; TADALAFIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ETHNICITY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 84921980075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(14)70001-3     Document Type: Article

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