Continuing high prevalence of HIV and risk behaviors among young men who have sex with men: The young men's survey in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1992 to 1993 and in 1994 to 1995

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-181

  Katz, Mitchell H ^a   McFarland, Willi ^a   Guillin, Vince ^a   Fenstersheib, Martin ^a   Shaw, Michael ^a   Kellogg, Tim ^a   Lemp, George F ^b   MacKellar, Duncan ^c   Valleroy, Linda A ^c  

^a Dept of Pub Hlth of San Francisco ^*  (United States)

^b Universitywide AIDS Research Group   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Gay men; HIV; Seroprevalence; Young men

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031682730     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199810010-00012     Document Type: Article

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