The Relative Odds of Lifetime Health Conditions and Infectious Diseases Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Compared With a Matched General Population Sample

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 150-162

  Swartz, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology of men s health; gay men; health conditions; infectious diseases; men who have sex with men; survey research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922956528     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988314533379     Document Type: Article

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