Risk practices in the era of smartphone apps for meeting partners: A cross-sectional study among men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 151-154

  Chow, Eric P F ^a,b   Cornelisse, Vincent J ^a,b   Read, Tim R H ^a,b   Hocking, Jane S ^c   Walker, Sandra ^a,b   Chen, Marcus Y ^a,b   Bradshaw, Catriona S ^a,b   Fairley, Christopher K ^a,b  

^a MELBOURNE SEXUAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUAL MALE; CASUAL SEX; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRIEND; GAY BAR; HUMAN; INTERNET; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MOBILE APPLICATION; SEX ON PREMISES VENUE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PRACTICE; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84962374615     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2015.0344     Document Type: Letter

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