Seeking sex online: Social and sexual risk factors among adolescent and young gay and bisexual men

Sexual Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 217-223

  Shilo, Guy ^a   Mor, Zohar ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Internet; minority stress; sexual risk behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET SEX; ISRAELI; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE USE; UNPROTECTED SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931081113     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14229     Document Type: Article

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