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Sexual Behavior, Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Among Agency-Based Male Escorts in a Small U.S. City

Michael D. Smith PsyD The Psychology Department of Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, USA
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D. W. Seal PhD The Center for AIDS Intervention Research at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Pages 27-39 | Published online: 25 Sep 2008

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Richard Allan Tewksbury & David Lapsey. (2017) Male Escorts' Construction of the Boyfriend Experience: How Escorts Please Their Clients. International Journal of Sexual Health 29:4, pages 292-302.
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Christian Grov, Margaret Wolff, MichaelD. Smith, Juline Koken & JeffreyT. Parsons. (2014) Male Clients of Male Escorts: Satisfaction, Sexual Behavior, and Demographic Characteristics. The Journal of Sex Research 51:7, pages 827-837.
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Margaret M. Wolff, Christian Grov, Michael D. Smith, Juline A. Koken & Jeffrey T. Parsons. (2014) Male clients' behaviours with and perspectives about their last male escort encounter: comparing repeat versus first-time hires. Culture, Health & Sexuality 16:7, pages 850-863.
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MichaelD. Smith, Christian Grov, DavidW. Seal & Peter McCall. (2013) A Social-Cognitive Analysis of How Young Men Become Involved in Male Escorting. The Journal of Sex Research 50:1, pages 1-10.
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JosephT.F. Lau, Wende Cai, Hi Yi Tsui, Lin Chen, Jinquan Cheng, Chunqing Lin, Jing Gu & Chun Hao. (2012) Unprotected anal intercourse behavior and intention among male sex workers in Shenzhen serving cross-boundary male clients coming from Hong Kong, China – prevalence and associated factors. AIDS Care 24:1, pages 59-70.
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