Virtual Versus Physical Spaces: Which Facilitates Greater HIV Risk Taking Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in East and South-East Asia?

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1428-1435

  Wei, Chongyi ^a   Lim, Sin How ^b   Guadamuz, Thomas E ^c,d   Koe, Stuart ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e ICM Pharma Pte Ltd   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; HIV; Internet; Men who have sex with men

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAR EAST; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAR EAST; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84925489711     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0628-4     Document Type: Article

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