Epidemiology, sexual risk behavior, and HIV prevention practices of men who have sex with men using GRINDR in Los Angeles, California.

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Published in J Urban Health on August 01, 2013

Authors

Raphael J Landovitz1, Chi-Hong Tseng, Matthew Weissman, Michael Haymer, Brett Mendenhall, Kathryn Rogers, Rosemary Veniegas, Pamina M Gorbach, Cathy J Reback, Steven Shoptaw

Author Affiliations

1: UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research & Education, UCLA Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA. rlandovitz@mednet.ucla.edu

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