Sexual networks and HIV risk Among Black men who have sex with men in 6 U.S. cities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Tieu, Hong Van ^a,b   Liu, Ting Yuan ^c   Hussen, Sophia ^d   Connor, Matthew ^c   Wang, Lei ^c   Buchbinder, Susan ^e   Wilton, Leo ^f,g   Gorbach, Pamina ^h   Mayer, Kenneth ⁱ   Griffith, Sam ^j   Kelly, Corey ^c   Elharrar, Vanessa ^k   Phillips, Gregory ^l   Cummings, Vanessa ^m   Koblin, Beryl ^a   Latkin, Carl ⁿ  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^l GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BLACK PERSON; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PEER PRESSURE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED STATES; UNPROTECTED SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; BISEXUALITY; CITY; CONDOM; ETHNIC GROUP; FRIEND; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BISEXUALITY; CITIES; CONDOMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FRIENDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SEX WORK; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941979054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134085     Document Type: Article

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