title: Characteristics of homosexual men who donate blood.
abstract: A number of demographic, psychological, medical, immunological and haematological indices, as well as sexual practices and partner numbers, were investigated in 97 homosexual men in Adelaide. A comparison of blood donors with non-donors among these men showed that the donors were younger, spent more time in the homosexual subculture, maintained a stable blood-donation pattern, and were significantly less likely to have had a sexually transmitted disease. Donors contacted their sexual partners in non-anonymous settings more frequently than did non-donors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors