Alcohol Use Predicts Number of Sexual Partners for Female but not Male STI Clinic Patients

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-59

  Carey, Kate B ^a,b   Senn, Theresa E ^c   Walsh, Jennifer L ^d,e   Scott Sheldon, Lori A J ^a,d,e   Carey, Michael P ^a,d,e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Alcohol; HIV; Partner concurrency; Sexual behavior; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFE SEX; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFE SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955174791     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1177-9     Document Type: Article

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