Clear links between starting methamphetamine and increasing sexual risk behavior: A cohort study among men who have sex with men

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 551-557

  Hoenigl, Martin ^a,b   Chaillon, Antoine ^a   Moore, David J ^c   Morris, Sheldon R ^a   Smith, Davey M ^a,c,d   Little, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Methamphetamine; MSM; Recreational drugs; Risk behavior; SDET score; Stimulants

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAN DIEGO EARLY TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; AMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; ROC CURVE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84946423019     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000888     Document Type: Article

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