High HIV risk but inadequate prevention services for men in China who have sex with men: An ethnographic study

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-266

  Choi, Kyung Hee ^a   Diehl, Eric ^a   Yaqi, Guo ^b   Qu, Shuquan ^c   Mandel, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Beijing Tongzhi Hotline Program   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; HIV; Men who have sex with men; Prevention needs; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEER REVIEW; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION;

EID: 0036756236     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019895909291     Document Type: Article

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