Prescription Drug Misuse and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Who have Sex with Men (YMSM) in Philadelphia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 847-856

  Kecojevic, Aleksandar ^a   Silva, Karol ^b   Sell, Randall L ^c   Lankenau, Stephen E ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Prescription drug misuse; Sexual behaviors; Sexually transmitted infections; YMSM

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENNSYLVANIA; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHILADELPHIA; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939976454     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0898-5     Document Type: Article

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