HIV testing among men who have sex with men - Results of a telephone survey

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-844

  Campsmith, Michael L ^a,c   Goldbaum, Gary M ^a,b   Brackbill, Robert M ^c   Tollestrup, Kristine ^d   Wood, Robert W ^a,b   Weybright, JoElla ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Gilmore Research Group   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Men who have sex with men; Population based survey

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031282258     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0223     Document Type: Article

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