Social and behavioural factors associated with HIV seroconversion in homosexual men attending a central London STD clinic: A feasibility study

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-58

  Gilbart, Victoria L ^b   Williams, D I ^a   Macdonald, N D ^e   Rogers, P A ^b   Evans, B G ^e   Hart, G ^c   Williams, I G ^d  

^a ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e PHLS Communic Dis Surveillance C ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345010855     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120047468     Document Type: Article

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