Hepatitis C virus infection in a male homosexual cohort: Risk factor analysis

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-216

  Kimka Ndimbie, O ^a,d   Kingsley, L A ^b   Nedjar, Sayah ^c   Rinaldo, C R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hepatitis C; STD; transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0029979028     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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