Decisions to get HIV tested and to accept antiretroviral therapies among gay/bisexual men: Implications for secondary prevention efforts

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-160

  Stall, Ron ^a   Hoff, Colleen ^a   Coates, Thomas J ^a   Paul, Jay ^a   Phillips, Kathryn A ^a   Ekstrand, Maria ^a   Kegeles, Susan ^a   Catania, Joe ^a   Daigle, Dennis ^a   Diaz, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS secondary prevention; Antiretroviral Therapy; Gay men; HIV seropositivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG EFFICACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0002654260     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199602010-00006     Document Type: Article

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