Daily Associations Between Alcohol Use and Unprotected Anal Sex Among Heavy Drinking HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 422-430

  Kahler, Christopher W ^a   Wray, Tyler B ^a   Pantalone, David W ^b,c   Kruis, Ryan D ^b   Mastroleo, Nadine R ^a   Monti, Peter M ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; HIV positive; Men who have sex with men; Sexual risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ALCOHOLISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84924787944     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0896-7     Document Type: Article

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