Geosocial-networking app usage patterns of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: Survey among users of grindr, a mobile dating app

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Goedel, William C ^a,b   Duncan, Dustin T ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS prevention; Dating apps; HIV; Homosexuality; Male; Men who have sex with men; Mobile apps; Mobile phones; MSM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959485366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23692960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/publichealth.4353     Document Type: Article

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