Exploring hepatitis B vaccination acceptance among young men who have sex with men: Facilitators and barriers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 128-134

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus group; Gay; Health belief model; Hepatitis B; Homosexual; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036386984     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2002.1047     Document Type: Article

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