Perception of vulnerability to HIV infection in a cohort of homosexual/bisexual men in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 567-579

  De Souza, C T Vieira ^a   Bastos, F I ^b   Lowndes, C M ^c   Szwarcwald, C Landman ^b   Dos Santos, E Moreira ^b   De Castilho, E Ayres ^b   Sutmoller, F ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BISEXUALITY; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0012343811     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129947721     Document Type: Article

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