Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sexual Network Mixing: A Log-Linear Analysis of HIV Status by Partnership and Sexual Behavior Among Most at-Risk MSM

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 996-1004

  Fujimoto, Kayo ^a   Williams, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV racial ethnic disparity; Log linear model; Male sex workers; MSM; Risky sexual behavior; Social network mixing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX WORKER; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXAS; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEXAS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84931565505     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0842-8     Document Type: Article

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