Recreational Drug Use among Chinese MSM and Transgender Individuals: Results from a National Online Cross-Sectional Study

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  • Zhao, Peizhen
    • Other Affiliation: Guangdong Center for Skin Diseases and STI Control
  • Tang, Songyuan
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-China
    • Other Affiliation: Kunming Medical University
  • Wang, Cheng
    • Other Affiliation: Guangdong Center for Skin Diseases and STI Control
  • Zhang, Ye
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-China
    • Other Affiliation: UNC Project-China
  • Best, John
    • Other Affiliation: School of Medicine; University of California; San Francisco
  • Tangthanasup, Thitikarn May
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-China
    • Other Affiliation: UNC Project-China
  • Huang, Shujie
    • Other Affiliation: Guangdong Center for Skin Diseases and STI Control
  • Yang, Bin
    • Other Affiliation: Guangdong Center for Skin Diseases and STI Control
  • Wei, Chongyi
    • Other Affiliation: School of Medicine; University of California; San Francisco
  • Tucker, Joseph D.
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-China
    • Other Affiliation: UNC Project-China
  • Tang, Weiming
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, UNC Project-China
    • Other Affiliation: UNC Project-China
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  • Recreational drug use has increased considerably among Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM). The phenomenon has the potentially to increase HIV transmission among Chinese MSM. The aims of this study were: 1) to investigate the prevalence of recreational drug use among Chinese MSM, and 2) to explore the correlation between gay smartphone based sex-seeking applications (gay apps), HIV/STIs testing, group sex, commercial sex, sexual roles and poppers use among Chinese MSM.
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  • PloS One
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  • 12
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  • 1
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  • e0170024
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  • English
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  • 1932-6203

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