HIV surveillance among men who have sex with men

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2001, Pages

  McFarland, Willi ^a,c   Caceres, Carlos F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c S Francisco Dept of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0035947338     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200104003-00004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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