Sexually transmitted diseases and hepatitis in a national sample of men who have sex with men in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1158, 2002, Pages

  Saxton, Peter J W ^a   Hughes, Anthony J ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a NEW ZEALAND AIDS FOUNDATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEW ZEALAND; SAFE SEX; SAMPLING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TELEPHONE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0037178910     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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