Pervasive Heavy Alcohol Use and Correlates of Increasing Levels of Binge Drinking among Men Who Have Sex with Men, San Francisco, 2011.
Heavy episodic drinking, 'binge drinking', is highly prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM) and is associated with sexual risk behaviors and HIV seroconversion in this population. We characterized the magnitude of binge drinking and explored correlates of increasing levels of binge drinking...
| Published in: | Journal of Urban Health Vol. 92; no. 4; pp. 687 - 701 |
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