Increasing hepatitis B vaccination among young African-American men who have sex with men: Simple answers and difficult solutions

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 519-525

  Rhodes, Scott D ^a   Hergenrather, Kenneth C ^a,b   Yee, Leland J ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALABAMA; BISEXUALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036852740     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729102761041074     Document Type: Article

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